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 last name Lesten (Marathi: तेन, Russian: Лестен) occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Lestén. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesten? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,095,216th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname Lesten is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Lesten live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lesten is also the 346,994th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 582 people.
The last name Lesten is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Lesten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lesten has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 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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