Lesoko Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Lesoko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lesoko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana41:546,73222,624
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Lesoko (31) may also be a first name.

Lesoko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lesoko is found most frequently in Botswana. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lesoko.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesoko? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lesoko reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 31 people.

It is most widespread in Botswana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 546,732. Without taking into account Botswana Lesoko exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 50 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leshoko92100/
Lessoko922/
Leeshoko861/
Losoko83985/
Lisoko83747/
Lecoko83506/
Lesako83347/
Lesoka8379/
Leseko838/
Lasoko835/
Lejoko831/
Leshokhoa8013/
Letjoko77238/
Lesakoy7749/
Leshoka7738/
Lishoko772/
Lsokosh771/
Lisokoa771/
Losioko771/
Leisako771/
Lessako771/
Lesseko771/
Lesiakoi714/
Letshuko712/
Letchoko711/
Lossokou711/
Leitsuko711/
Leschuko711/
Leseka67820/
Liseko67775/
Lisuko67405/
Losako67301/
Lisako67269/
Laseko67188/
Loseko6793/
Lesaka6756/
Lizoko6741/
Lasoka6739/
Lecoco6729/
Lasako6724/
Losoka6722/
Lyseko678/
Lejoka676/
Ljasko675/
Lejako674/
Lisoka673/
Lezoka671/
Lijoko671/
Licoko671/

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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 Lesoko
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