Letseka Surname

177,544th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Letseka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letseka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1,4781:1,375119
South Africa9291:58,3187,387
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Letseka (366) may also be a first name.

Letseka Last Name Facts

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

Letseka is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Letseka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 177,544th most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,025,133 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Letseka live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 454,857th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 366 people.

The last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is carried by 1,478 people, or 1 in 1,375. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Quthing District, where 36 percent reside, Leribe District, where 20 percent reside and Maseru District, where 14 percent reside. Not including Lesotho it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 39 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Letseka Last Name Statistics demography

Letseka earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.54% less than the national average, earning R 148,428 per year.

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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 Letseka
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