Letsopha Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Letsopha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letsopha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho911:22,3364,599
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

The alternate forms: Letšopha (6) are calculated separately.

Letsopha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Letsopha is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Letšopha. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Letsopha? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,931,261st most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Letsopha are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 22,336. In Lesotho Letsopha is mostly concentrated in: Leribe District, where 81 percent reside, Maseru District, where 11 percent reside and Berea District, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Letšopha966/
Lets'opha9434/
Let'sopha9416/
Loetsopha9411/
Letshopha945/
Letsopa93174/
Letsoepa88279/
Lotsopha88179/
Leesopha885/
Lesopa863/
Letsapa801,851/
Lesoipa80343/
Letsepa8070/
Lotsopa801/
Letshepa7523/
Lets'epa7513/
Leshapha753/
Lesapa7122/
Lecopa718/
Lesofa711/
Letsapo67616/
Letsape67179/
Leshapa67132/
Letsapi678/
Lesopoy678/
Lesapho676/
Liesapa676/
Lodsopa674/
Lysopad671/
Letjapa671/
Litsapa671/
Lesoffa671/

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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 Letsopha
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