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 most common in Croatia. It may be found in the variant forms: Les, Leş, Leś or Lés. For other potential spellings of Leš click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leš? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 733,258th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,449,483 people. The surname Leš is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Leš are found; 91 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Leš is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name globally It is held by 19 people.

This surname is most common in Croatia, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 19,309. In Croatia Leš is primarily concentrated in: City of Zagreb, where 40 percent are found, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 19 percent are found and Karlovac County, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Croatia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 27 percent are found and Czechia, where 9 percent are found.

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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