Leš Surname
Approximately 395 people bear this surname
Leš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 219 | 1:19,309 | 3,987 |
| Slovenia | 107 | 1:23,249 | 5,058 |
| Czechia | 34 | 1:312,749 | 39,315 |
| Serbia | 34 | 1:210,146 | 12,577 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
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.
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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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