Leseme Surname

741,235th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 389 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Leseme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leseme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2541:213,29822,519
Lesotho1351:15,0563,272
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Leseme (65) may also be a first name.

Leseme Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leseme is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leseme? popularity and diffusion

The last name Leseme is the 741,235th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 18,734,051 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Leseme are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 65 people.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 254 people, or 1 in 213,298. In South Africa Leseme is mostly found in: Free State, where 57 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 13 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 35 percent are found.

Leseme Last Name Statistics demography

Leseme earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.84% less than the national average, earning R 100,188 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leseeme922/
Lesesme921/
Lesemes921/
Leseame921/
Lesem91149/
Leisemer866/
Lesseime861/
Lessemer861/
Lesame83446/
Lessem83305/
Leshem83234/
Lesema8383/
Liesem8351/
Laseme8315/
Liseme8311/
Lesime8311/
Leesem837/
Lesome836/
Loseme835/
Legeme835/
Leisem833/
Lezeme833/
Ledsem831/
Lesemi831/
Leasem830/
Lsem801/
Liessem77178/
Leshome7740/
Lesheim7716/
Lisemer7716/
Lasheme7713/
Liehsem7712/
Lecheme774/
Leishem772/
Leschem772/
Lezgeme771/
Leshema771/
Losseme771/
Lasseme771/
Leassem771/
Lessemi771/
Letsime771/
Liesemi771/
Leasime770/
Lesimer770/
Lejemee770/
Lshem731,257/
Legem73107/
Lesim7333/
Lecem7332/
Lisem7328/
Lejem7312/
Lsema733/
Lsyme731/
Lexem731/
Lgeme731/
Lechemee712/
Lechemey711/
Lessheim711/
Lessomme711/
Leshomme711/
Lecemieh711/
Letcheme711/
Leisimer710/
Lexime67436/
Lisema67141/
Lechem67137/
Ließem6769/
Lasemi6749/
Lezema6728/
Lisame6728/
Lecemi6726/
Lasome6723/
Lissem6720/
Lessim6719/
Lesima6713/
Lesami6712/
Lesomi6712/
Lezemi679/
Lasame678/
Lezame677/
Lisime675/
Lasime674/
Lezime674/
Losome674/
Hlsema673/
Lecema672/
Lazeme672/
Losame672/
Lezzem672/
Lishemess671/
Lecime671/
Losime671/
Lisemi671/
Lizeme671/
Lozeme671/
Lcheme671/
Lesimi671/
Lexsim671/
Lisome671/
Lshemy671/
Leuzem671/
Leejim671/
Leesim671/
Hllesheim671/
Liseam670/
Leggem670/

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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 Leseme
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