Leshai Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Leshai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Leshai (41) may also be a first name.
Leshai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leshai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leshai is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leshai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Leshai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Leshai are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Leshai is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 41 people.
Leshai is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Arusha Region, where 82 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
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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 Leshai
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