Lesoma Surname
Approximately 894 people bear this surname
Lesoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 802 | 1:2,534 | 363 |
| South Africa | 80 | 1:677,221 | 49,167 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
Lesoma (127) may also be a first name.
Lesoma Demographics
Average Lesoma Salary in
South Africa
R 169,788
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lesoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lesoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lesoma is most common in Lesotho. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lesoma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesoma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 394,847th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,151,617 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lesoma live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 825,494th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 127 people.
The last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is carried by 802 people, or 1 in 2,534. In Lesotho Lesoma is most common in: Maseru District, where 25 percent reside, Mafeteng District, where 17 percent reside and Quthing District, where 17 percent reside. Besides Lesotho this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Lesoma Last Name Statistics demography
Lesoma earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.55% less than the national average, earning R 169,788 per year.
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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 Lesoma
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