Lethunya Surname

373,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 959 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lethunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lethunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho8261:2,461349
South Africa1311:413,57036,044
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lethunya (84) may also be a first name.

Lethunya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lethunya is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lethunya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 373,745th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,599,109 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lethunya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lethunya is also the 1,046,220th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 84 people.

It is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 826 people, or 1 in 2,461. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Leribe District, where 32 percent live, Thaba-Tseka District, where 31 percent live and Mokhotlong District, where 19 percent live. Excluding Lesotho it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Lethunya Last Name Statistics demography

Lethunya earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 151.83% more than the national average, earning R 598,440 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Llethunya941/
Letunya933/
Lithunya8811/
Lettunya881/
Litunya80535/
Letonya806/
Letunyo804/
Lethonia751/
Letonja67590/
Letonia6793/
Litonya6724/
Letuneo671/
Lettonia631/
Litungia631/
Laytonya631/
Lithonia631/
Litonia5331/
Letonio536/
Litonja532/
Litonjoa504/
Litonjja501/

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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 Lethunya
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