Leš Surname

733,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 395 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Leš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leš Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2191:19,3093,987
Slovenia1071:23,2495,058
Czechia341:312,74939,315
Serbia341:210,14612,577
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Les (10,374), Leş (106), Leś (17) & Lés (3) are calculated separately.

Leš (19) may also be a first name.

Leš Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leš is found most in Croatia. It may appear as: Les, Leş, Leś or Lés. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leš? popularity and diffusion

It is the 733,258th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,449,483 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Leš reside; 91 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 19 people.

The last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 19,309. In Croatia Leš is most prevalent in: City of Zagreb, where 40 percent reside, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 19 percent reside and Karlovac County, where 11 percent reside. Other than Croatia Leš is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 27 percent reside and Czechia, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Les8910,374/
Leş89106/
Leś8917/
Lešš8686/
Leiš8614/
Lejš861/
Lés783/
Lex675,318/
Lec67594/
Lez67308/
Lej67274/
Leß67160/
Lež6765/
Leţ6714/
Lešova6712/
Leč677/
Lyš676/

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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 Leš
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