Lesilwa Surname

146,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,014 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lesilwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lesilwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3,0131:17,5712,254
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lesilwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lesilwa is found most in Tanzania. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lesilwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesilwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 146,983rd most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,417,898 people. The last name Lesilwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lesilwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,013 people, or 1 in 17,571. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 83 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 6 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 5 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leselwa8689/
Lisilwa861/
Leshlwa861/
Leshelwa804/
Lazilwa711/
Lujjelwa671/
Lasselwa671/
Leuselua671/
Loigilwa671/
Leslue621/
Leichlweis591/
Leslver571/
Laselua571/
Lesceluis501/
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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 Lesilwa
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