Lession Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Lession Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 443 | 1:119,507 | 11,403 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Lession (107) may also be a first name.
Lession Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lession Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lession is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lession? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 662,685th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Lession live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 910,230th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 107 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 443 people, or 1 in 119,507. In Tanzania Lession is mostly found in: Arusha Region, where 83 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.
Lession Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lession has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lession surname contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Lession
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