Lesego Surname

173,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Lesego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lesego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana2,3661:92435
South Africa961:564,35143,987
England111:5,065,278148,650
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Lesego (36,387) may also be a first name.

Lesego Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lesego Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Lesego is found most in Botswana. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesego? popularity and diffusion

Lesego is the 173,355th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,939,712 people. Lesego is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lesego live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lesego is also the 23,994th most widely held forename on earth, held by 36,387 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is borne by 2,366 people, or 1 in 924. Excluding Botswana it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Lesego Last Name Statistics demography

Lesego earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.21% less than the national average, earning R 80,304 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leshego9225/
Lessego9215/
Letshego861/
Lesogo83344/
Losego83322/
Lisego8341/
Lesega8326/
Lesigo835/
Leshega77239/
Leshogo77133/
Leszega7745/
Leszogo7735/
Lishego7731/
Lessogo7728/
Lessigo7713/
Letsega7710/
Letsigo779/
Leshigo772/
Lessago771/
Lechego771/
Lesaigo771/
Leseega771/
Leshingo7141/
Letsekga7118/
Lesaigho7113/
Letshega714/
Lesaingo711/
Lezogo671,065/
Lesaga6765/
Lesiga6762/
Lesoga6754/
Lexigo6718/
Lasigo6711/
Lasega677/
Lisago674/
Lysogo673/
Lacego672/
Losigo672/
Ligego672/
Losega671/
Lasogo671/
Lasygo671/
Lisogo671/
Legega671/
Losogo671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lesego
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