Lethe Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Lethe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| United States | 62 | 1:5,846,112 | 285,490 |
| Lesotho | 36 | 1:56,460 | 8,384 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Lethé (30) are calculated separately.
Lethe (155) may also be a first name.
Lethe Demographics
Lethe Political Affiliation
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Lethe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lethe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lethe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﺘﻪ, Marathi: लेथे) is found most in Indonesia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Lethé. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lethe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,028,911th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Lethe live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 38 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 738,219th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 155 people.
This surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 1,422,034. In Indonesia Lethe is most prevalent in: West Kalimantan, where 54 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 29 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 10 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Lethe is found in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and Lesotho, where 15 percent live.
Lethe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lethe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lethe last name increased 1,550 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lethe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lethe surname are 31.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 84.62% being registered to vote for the political party.
Lethe earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.53% less than the national average, earning $39,467 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lethe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lethe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﺘﻪ | allth | - |
| Lethe in the Marathi language | ||
| लेथे | lethe | 72.73 |
| लेठे | lethe | 18.18 |
| लेढे | ledhe | 9.09 |
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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
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- 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 Lethe
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