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 borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesoma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lesoma is the 394,847th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,151,617 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lesoma are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lesoma is also the 825,494th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 127 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 802 people, or 1 in 2,534. In Lesotho Lesoma is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 25 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 17 percent live and Quthing District, where 17 percent live. Excluding Lesotho this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 9 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
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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