Lethé Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Lethé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
The alternate forms: Lethe (245) are calculated separately.
Lethé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lethé Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lethé occurs most in Belgium. It can appear as: Lethe. Click here for further potential spellings of Lethé.
How Common Is The Last Name Lethé? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lethé is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lethé are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 396,436. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Brussels Capital Region, where 93 percent live and Walloon Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Belgium this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Luxembourg, where 3 percent live.
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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 Lethé
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