Lesote Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Lesote Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lesote Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lesote Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lesote occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesote? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lesote live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Lesote is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Lesote
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