Lesten Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Lesten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Lestén (1) are calculated separately.
Lesten (582) may also be a first name.
Lesten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lesten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lesten (Marathi: तेन, Russian: Лестен) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Lestén. Click here for further possible spellings of Lesten.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesten? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,095,216th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Lesten reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 346,994th most common first name at a global level, held by 582 people.
This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Without taking into account Malawi Lesten exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Lesten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lesten has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lesten Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lesten in the Marathi language | ||
| तेन | tena | - |
| Lesten in the Russian language | ||
| Лестен | lesten | - |
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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 Lesten
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