Lethern Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Lethern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lethern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Lethern Last Name Facts

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

Lethern is found most in Australia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lethern? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Lethern are found; 40 percent are found in Australasia and 40 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Lethern is most frequently used in Australia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia Lethern is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Australia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 20 percent reside and England, where 20 percent reside.

Lethern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lethern has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Lethern surname decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Lethern
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