Letu Surname
Approximately 1,396 people bear this surname
Letu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| India | 235 | 1:3,264,108 | 95,059 |
| Romania | 113 | 1:177,680 | 18,230 |
| France | 62 | 1:1,071,334 | 116,831 |
| United States | 60 | 1:6,040,982 | 292,121 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| Moldova | 37 | 1:96,253 | 11,707 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Letü (1) are calculated separately.
Letu (4,570) may also be a first name.
Letu Demographics
Average Letu Salary in
United States
$47,257 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Letu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Letu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Letu (Hindi: लेटू, Marathi: लेतु, Oriya: େଲତୁ, Russian: Лету, Tibetan: ལི་ཀྲུ་) is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Letü. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Letu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 277,488th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 5,220,305 people. The last name Letu is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Letu are found; 31 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 101,628th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 4,570 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Togo, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Outside of Togo Letu exists in 33 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
Letu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Letu surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
Letu earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.52% more than the national average, earning $47,257 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Letu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Letu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལི་ཀྲུ་ | litru | - |
| Letu in the Marathi language | ||
| लेतु | letu | 75.13 |
| लेतू | letu | 24.01 |
| लेटु | letu | 0.43 |
| लेॅटु | leetu | 0.21 |
| लोेटु | loetu | 0.11 |
| Letu in the Hindi language | ||
| लेटू | letu | 62.5 |
| लेतू | letu | 25 |
| लेतु | letu | 12.5 |
| Letu in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲତୁ | elatu | 50 |
| େଲଟୁ | elatu | 50 |
| Letu in the Russian language | ||
| Лету | letu | - |
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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
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- 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 Letu
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