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) occurs most in Egypt. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lethy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 714,947th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Lethy live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Lethy is also the 376,889th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 505 people.
It is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 251,191. Excluding Egypt this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Lethy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lethy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lethy surname declined 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
- 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 Lethy
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