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 last name Lesote is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesote? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lesote is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lesote live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Lesote is primarily found in: Bauchi, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common 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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