Lesima Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lesima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lesima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lesima (59) may also be a first name.

Lesima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lesima is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lesima.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesima? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lesima is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Lesima reside; 77 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 77 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 59 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Milne Bay, where 90 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Lesima exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leshima9225/
Letsima9223/
Liesimaa8613/
Losima832,103/
Lexima83655/
Lejima83363/
Lasima83247/
Lesimo83208/
Legima83147/
Lisima8386/
Lesema8383/
Lezima8328/
Lesime8311/
Lecima833/
Lesimi831/
Loshima77893/
Letsema77598/
Legisma77251/
Legimai77135/
Letsimo77134/
Lasimah77113/
Lecuima7756/
Lashima7754/
Lasaima7735/
Lejisma7733/
Legimay7726/
Lesesma7710/
Laisima779/
Legimau779/
Leisimo779/
Lejesma777/
Lasimai775/
Lessimo775/
Ledsema774/
Losimaa774/
Litsima774/
Letsimi773/
Legesma772/
Lesimoi772/
Lijesma772/
Lossima772/
Loisima771/
Leshema771/
Leshimy771/
Lissima771/
Luisima771/
Lassima771/
Lasiema771/
Leczima771/
Lesimie771/
Letsime771/
Lexcima771/
Lasimau771/
Lessimi771/
Leasime770/
Lesimer770/
Lsema733/
Ljima732/
Leishimi7199/
Loisimaa7167/
Lahasima7140/
Laisimau7138/
Letshema7124/
Ledsesma711/
Laizeima711/
L'Oshima711/
Lesseime711/
Letseema711/
Leisimer710/
Lazima673,667/
Lisimo671,273/
Lexime67436/
Leseme67389/
Ligima67264/
Lasema67167/
Lisema67141/
Losema67133/
Ligema67117/
Losimo6741/
Lezema6728/
Legema6724/
Lecimi6721/
Lizima6721/
Lasimo6719/
Licima679/
Lisimi679/
Lesemo677/
Lijima676/
Lezimo676/
Lisime675/
Lezime674/
Hlsema673/
Lecema672/
Ljimaj672/
Lshimi671/
Lijema671/
Lizyma671/
Lecime671/
Lyxima671/
Lozema671/
Lozima671/
Lejema671/
Lesemi671/
Lejimo671/
Locema671/

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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 Lesima
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