Lethinya Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lethinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Lethinya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho141:145,18312,726
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367

Lethinya (18) may also be a first name.

Lethinya Last Name Facts

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

Lethinya is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lethinya? popularity and diffusion

Lethinya is the 4,649,889th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Lethinya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lethinya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 18 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 145,183. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 36 percent live, Leribe District, where 21 percent live and Mohale's Hoek District, where 21 percent live. Other than Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Letinya931/
Letinia801/
Lestigna756/
Litinia671/
Litinyo671/
Leatenia6317/
Litingea631/
Letienio631/
Lētiņa571/
Litiņa571/
Letenjo531/
Litinio531/
Listegna5016/
Leutenio501/
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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 Lethinya
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