Lessiwe Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Lessiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Lessiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lessiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lessiwe is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lessiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,808,717th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lessiwe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 219,906. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Collines Department, where 77 percent live, Zou Department, where 19 percent live and Borgou Department, where 2 percent live. Outside of Benin Lessiwe occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lessiw | 92 | 9 | / |
| Lassiwe | 86 | 20 | / |
| Leassiw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lessive | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lesiw | 83 | 399 | / |
| Lesibe | 77 | 722 | / |
| Lesiew | 77 | 39 | / |
| Lessew | 77 | 9 | / |
| Losiwe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Lasiwe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Lesiwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lesive | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lisiwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lsiw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lessebi | 71 | 204 | / |
| Lessebe | 71 | 119 | / |
| Lishiwe | 71 | 37 | / |
| Lesesve | 71 | 12 | / |
| Lessewa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Leshibe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lashiwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lesaive | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lesewed | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lassive | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lessibi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leshawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lesevie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lesesue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lesisue | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lesew | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ljsiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lsiew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lessoube | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leseiver | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lessiwe
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