Lethy Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Lethy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Lethy (505) may also be a first name.
Lethy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lethy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lethy (Marathi: लेथी) is found most frequently in Egypt. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lethy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lethy is the 714,947th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. The surname Lethy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Lethy live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 376,889th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 505 people.
It is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 251,191. Not including Egypt it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Lethy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lethy has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lethy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lethy in the Marathi language | ||
| लेथी | lethi | 50 |
| लेथय | lethaya | 50 |
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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 Lethy
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