Lethena Surname

420,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lethena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lethena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho6041:3,365587
South Africa2201:246,26225,099
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lethena (155) may also be a first name.

Lethena Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lethena Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lethena is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lethena? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 420,074th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 8,822,695 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lethena are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 738,219th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 155 people.

This surname is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 604 people, or 1 in 3,365. In Lesotho Lethena is mostly concentrated in: Quthing District, where 58 percent reside, Maseru District, where 14 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 27 percent reside and China, where 0 percent reside.

Lethena Last Name Statistics demography

Lethena earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.61% less than the national average, earning R 153,012 per year.

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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 Lethena
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