Letima Surname

437,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 784 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Letima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho6531:3,113523
South Africa1141:475,24339,351
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Letima (128) may also be a first name.

Letima Last Name Facts

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

The surname Letima (Oriya: େଲଟିମା) is most common in Lesotho. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Letima? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 437,497th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 9,295,339 people. The surname Letima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Letima reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Letima is also the 821,896th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 128 people.

The surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 653 people, or 1 in 3,113. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 63 percent are found, Leribe District, where 15 percent are found and Maseru District, where 7 percent are found. Other than Lesotho this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 15 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.

Letima Last Name Statistics demography

Letima earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.15% less than the national average, earning R 192,120 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Letimas92139/
Lehtima924/
Lettima921/
Lhetima921/
Letaima921/
Letimaa921/
Lehtimaa86127/
Letimaya862/
Leetimaa861/
Leatimea861/
Lietiema861/
Letema831,899/
Letuma831,018/
Latima8369/
Lotima8344/
Litima8324/
Letimo834/
Letime832/
Lehtimaja808/
Litiema77321/
Lethimy77133/
Latimah7735/
Lestime7724/
Lataima7719/
Litimai7715/
Laitima7713/
Letemas7710/
Lethema778/
Litimas777/
Lahtima776/
Lathima775/
Letemai774/
Litimau774/
Letimer774/
Lestimé773/
Letesma771/
Leitimo771/
Leteema771/
Lethuma771/
Lahtimaa7150/
Lahtimah7121/
Lethimot717/
Lesteime717/
Latimaha716/
Lettimer712/
L'Estime712/
L'Estimé712/
Lehtemaa711/
Lituma674,439/
Litime67891/
Litimi67272/
Litema67228/
Lotimo67117/
Lotema6745/
Litimo6742/
Lityma6732/
Latema6728/
Latimo6719/
Letumo6715/
Lehetemas6711/
Lotuma6711/
Leisteimi678/
Lytuma677/
Latuma677/
Litthimat674/
Letemo672/
Leteme672/

Letima Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Letima in the Oriya language
େଲଟିମାelatima-

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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 Letima
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