Letsota Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Letsota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 259 | 1:7,848 | 1,729 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Letsota (38) may also be a first name.
Letsota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Letsota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Letsota is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Letsota? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 985,740th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 27,921,632 people. Letsota occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Letsota are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Letsota is also the 1,662,754th most prevalent forename in the world, held by 38 people.
This last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is borne by 259 people, or 1 in 7,848. In Lesotho Letsota is mostly found in: Leribe District, where 58 percent live, Thaba-Tseka District, where 16 percent live and Maseru District, where 10 percent live. Other than Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letsohta | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lesota | 92 | 113 | / |
| Leshota | 86 | 356 | / |
| Lesotha | 86 | 3 | / |
| Letsata | 86 | 2 | / |
| Letshoti | 80 | 4 | / |
| Letshata | 80 | 2 | / |
| Letsoiti | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lisota | 77 | 306 | / |
| Lysota | 77 | 218 | / |
| Lesoto | 77 | 39 | / |
| Lecota | 77 | 0 | / |
| Letshotho | 75 | 4 | / |
| Lesotho | 71 | 572 | / |
| Lisotta | 71 | 271 | / |
| Lechota | 71 | 73 | / |
| Lissota | 71 | 34 | / |
| Leshoto | 71 | 22 | / |
| Lazetta | 71 | 16 | / |
| Leshata | 71 | 13 | / |
| Lecatta | 71 | 9 | / |
| Lizetta | 71 | 7 | / |
| Leysoto | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lesotey | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lesoito | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lezotta | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lisotha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Letjata | 71 | 1 | / |
| Letsati | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lyshota | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lessata | 71 | 1 | / |
| Letsuti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Letshuti | 67 | 189 | / |
| Leashoto | 67 | 170 | / |
| Leshotho | 67 | 110 | / |
| Lesiotou | 67 | 21 | / |
| Latshata | 67 | 1 | / |
| Letshute | 67 | 1 | / |
| Letsasti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luizetta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layzetta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leazetta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lissotta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lischota | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Letsota
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