Lettey Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Lettey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 24 | 1:1,015,640 | 40,589 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Lettey (20) may also be a first name.
Lettey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lettey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lettey has its highest incidence in Ghana. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lettey.
How Common Is The Last Name Lettey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 897,852nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. The surname Lettey is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Lettey live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Not including Ghana Lettey is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.
Lettey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lettey has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Lettey surname contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Lettey
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