Lessing Surname
Approximately 6,168 people bear this surname
Lessing Surname Definition:
Of Slav origin, derived from Lesnik, a forester.
Lessing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,866 | 1:18,904 | 2,387 |
| Germany | 1,365 | 1:58,978 | 7,621 |
| United States | 994 | 1:364,647 | 32,446 |
| Brazil | 382 | 1:560,404 | 20,967 |
| Thailand | 98 | 1:720,799 | 118,830 |
| Canada | 82 | 1:449,336 | 38,948 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| Israel | 35 | 1:244,504 | 22,492 |
| Denmark | 35 | 1:161,278 | 13,908 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 140 | 1:358,705 | 27,299 |
Lessing (126) may also be a first name.
Lessing Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Of Slav origin, derived from Lesnik, a forester.
Lessing Demographics
Average Lessing Salary in
United States
$51,372 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Lessing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lessing Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lessing (Russian: Лессинг) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lessing? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 79,135th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,181,509 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Lessing live; 47 percent live in Southern Africa and 47 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lessing is also the 829,183rd most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 126 people.
Lessing is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 2,866 people, or 1 in 18,904. In South Africa Lessing is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 40 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Lessing exists in 47 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.
Lessing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lessing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lessing last name rose 710 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 347 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lessing Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Lessing are 1.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.34% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lessing earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.37% more than the national average, earning R 347,832 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.26% less than the national average, earning $18,784,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 19.06% more than the national average, earning $51,372 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.7% less than the national average, earning $43,868 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lessing Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lessing in the Russian language | ||
| Лессинг | lessing | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Lessing
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis