Lito Surname

71,805^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 6,872 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Angola

Highest density in:

American Samoa

Lito Surname Definition:

Lito is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: earth / Soil.

Lito Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Angola	2,958	1:9,124	1,120
Philippines	698	1:145,040	24,344
Bangladesh	451	1:353,341	9,758
DR Congo	383	1:192,897	19,402
Mexico	383	1:324,089	7,075
Kenya	329	1:140,364	11,372
Albania	266	1:10,955	2,038
Indonesia	260	1:508,651	41,493
Portugal	217	1:48,010	2,732
Saudi Arabia	159	1:194,062	29,524
Ivory Coast	106	1:217,653	9,074
United States	75	1:4,832,786	249,377
Greece	68	1:162,938	26,592
Russia	50	1:2,882,461	158,532
Brazil	43	1:4,978,473	128,213
Niger	40	1:479,800	12,724
Italy	37	1:1,652,883	83,776
Nicaragua	35	1:172,031	2,375
Nigeria	31	1:5,714,283	142,531
Malaysia	23	1:1,282,358	54,976
Cameroon	22	1:944,049	61,779
Thailand	22	1:3,210,834	301,565
Spain	20	1:2,337,602	57,118
American Samoa	19	1:2,935	631
France	16	1:4,151,420	237,746
Papua New Guinea	14	1:582,408	70,330
Uganda	13	1:3,003,021	81,551
Singapore	13	1:423,669	18,211
South Africa	10	1:5,417,770	150,016
Egypt	9	1:10,215,084	48,153
India	9	1:85,229,487	684,495
Taiwan	8	1:2,930,593	17,989
Canada	7	1:5,263,656	239,735
Azerbaijan	6	1:1,608,187	20,863
England	6	1:9,286,343	223,652
Argentina	4	1:10,685,854	219,200
Kazakhstan	4	1:4,420,624	134,293
United Arab Emirates	4	1:2,290,568	60,372
Benin	3	1:3,445,201	77,822
Chile	3	1:5,872,158	52,204
Peru	2	1:15,892,062	51,966
Iran	2	1:38,391,262	236,033
Australia	2	1:13,497,850	222,987
Uruguay	2	1:1,715,879	35,955
Belgium	2	1:5,748,322	130,559
Netherlands	2	1:8,443,588	136,641
Puerto Rico	2	1:1,775,070	6,602
Congo	2	1:2,494,548	28,763
Israel	2	1:4,278,817	136,311
Turkey	1	1:77,821,422	191,047
Solomon Islands	1	1:580,029	22,243
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Sweden	1	1:9,846,757	347,448
Tajikistan	1	1:8,386,692	12,859
Venezuela	1	1:30,204,077	85,459
Syria	1	1:19,301,022	22,457
Switzerland	1	1:8,212,915	156,297
Hong Kong	1	1:7,335,483	16,643
Austria	1	1:8,515,435	118,036
Belarus	1	1:9,501,059	159,228
Colombia	1	1:47,774,072	44,230
Costa Rica	1	1:4,780,069	13,345
Croatia	1	1:4,228,604	99,289
Cyprus	1	1:884,876	13,055
Ecuador	1	1:15,905,846	50,210
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Germany	1	1:80,505,459	560,955
Guatemala	1	1:16,082,668	12,169
Paraguay	1	1:7,236,746	16,511
Iraq	1	1:35,021,654	31,813
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Libya	1	1:6,243,974	6,186
Luxembourg	1	1:580,542	15,155
Malta	1	1:430,272	3,380
Mauritius	1	1:1,293,417	16,552
Moldova	1	1:3,561,368	78,271
Namibia	1	1:2,409,401	19,676
New Zealand	1	1:4,528,323	55,372

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The alternate forms: Litó (1) & Litô (1) are calculated separately.

Lito (91,752) may also be a first name.

Lito Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

Lito is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: earth / Soil.

— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

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Lito Demographics

Average Male Lito Height

176.16^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 32 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Lito Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lito Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Lito (Georgian: ლიტო, Hindi: लीतो, Oriya: ଲିେଟା, Russian: Лито) occurs in Angola more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Litó or Litô. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lito? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Lito is the 71,805^th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,060,469 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Lito live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 11,022^nd most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 91,752 people.

The last name Lito is most commonly used in Angola, where it is carried by 2,958 people, or 1 in 9,124. Excluding Angola this surname is found in 78 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 10 percent live and Bangladesh, where 7 percent live.

Lito Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (71%) in Kenya and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Lito last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Lito earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning $36,781 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Litó	92	1	/
Litô	92	1	/
Leito	89	3,547	/
Lieto	89	1,770	/
Litto	89	1,068	/
Litos	89	732	/
Listo	89	635	/
Litho	89	564	/
Litou	89	544	/
Loito	89	407	/
Laito	89	387	/
Litot	89	300	/
Litoy	89	249	/
Litoi	89	161	/
Lioto	89	158	/
Litoš	89	127	/
Litod	89	83	/
Liuto	89	50	/
Litop	89	42	/
Litoh	89	33	/
Litoo	89	22	/
Luito	89	18	/
Hlito	89	8	/
Litoa	89	3	/
Llito	89	1	/
Litoz	89	1	/
Litosh	80	1,175	/
Liotto	80	1,020	/
Listos	80	183	/
Lithgo	80	169	/
Laitho	80	130	/
Litoux	80	104	/
Llisto	80	90	/
Llaito	80	78	/
Listou	80	75	/
Littot	80	62	/
Liuhto	80	50	/
Littou	80	47	/
Littoz	80	46	/
Liotho	80	34	/
Liotou	80	33	/
Listoň	80	25	/
Litout	80	19	/
Leitos	80	18	/
Loitto	80	17	/
Lietho	80	16	/
Lishto	80	14	/
Luitot	80	13	/
Luisto	80	12	/
Leitoa	80	10	/
Litoha	80	9	/
Littos	80	9	/
Leitto	80	9	/
Laitos	80	8	/
Litoss	80	8	/
Leisto	80	8	/
Lietto	80	7	/
Laisto	80	7	/
Laitot	80	7	/
Leitoy	80	7	/
Laitto	80	6	/
Litoch	80	4	/
Laitou	80	4	/
Hlitho	80	3	/
Lithou	80	3	/
Leitho	80	2	/
Lichto	80	2	/
Lluito	80	2	/
Littoi	80	1	/
Laitoa	80	1	/
Laitoo	80	1	/
Leitou	80	1	/
Leitod	80	1	/
Listoć	80	1	/
Lithod	80	1	/
Litooy	80	1	/
Litosz	80	1	/
Loisto	80	1	/
Loitoo	80	1	/
Luitto	80	1	/
Leitoi	80	1	/
'Lieto	80	1	/
Laiteo	80	1	/
Lithto	80	1	/
Litous	80	1	/
Leitoh	80	0	/
Lita	75	19,378	/
Leto	75	16,242	/
Luto	75	2,475	/
Lyto	75	40	/
Léto	75	2	/
Ljto	75	1	/
Listosz	73	309	/
Littooy	73	80	/
Litosch	73	17	/
Loitosh	73	17	/
Littoux	73	13	/
Leitoch	73	11	/
Leitout	73	9	/
Litoust	73	8	/
Laitoch	73	5	/
Leithoi	73	4	/
Lithgou	73	4	/
Litouch	73	1	/
Littoch	73	1	/
Littout	73	1	/
Lithoux	73	1	/
Littost	73	1	/
Laittou	73	1	/
Laitous	73	1	/
Leitois	73	0	/
Laithgo	73	0	/
Lehto	67	12,580	/
Lista	67	11,057	/
Laita	67	4,530	/
Litta	67	2,824	/
Leeto	67	2,324	/
Litau	67	2,065	/
Letto	67	1,494	/
Liuta	67	1,131	/
Loita	67	1,058	/
Letho	67	1,053	/
Leita	67	883	/
Litha	67	710	/
Lieta	67	696	/
Letou	67	685	/
Letot	67	649	/
Liota	67	565	/
Lyoto	67	539	/
Leyto	67	367	/
Litas	67	355	/
Layto	67	292	/
Lesto	67	284	/
Littooij	67	238	/
Letoo	67	164	/
Letos	67	157	/
Luita	67	129	/
Leuto	67	120	/
Letoh	67	119	/
Lutto	67	109	/
Lutho	67	83	/
Litah	67	60	/
Lytou	67	60	/
Letoa	67	59	/
Lytot	67	57	/
Letod	67	55	/
Letoš	67	48	/
Letoy	67	39	/
Lutoo	67	38	/
Lueto	67	34	/
Litad	67	30	/
Letoi	67	28	/
Litap	67	28	/
Liteu	67	23	/
Lutoy	67	16	/
Litat	67	14	/
Lluto	67	10	/
Laitouss	67	9	/
Llita	67	6	/
Lutoi	67	5	/
Letgo	67	5	/
Laită	67	5	/
Leitoutt	67	4	/
Luuto	67	4	/
Lijta	67	4	/
Lytoi	67	4	/
Létot	67	3	/
Litaa	67	2	/
Letuo	67	2	/
Lejto	67	2	/
Lhita	67	2	/
Lytoy	67	2	/
Leithoss	67	1	/
Litga	67	1	/
Lutuo	67	1	/
Lätto	67	1	/
Letop	67	1	/
Letoz	67	1	/
Loyto	67	1	/
Lleto	67	1	/
Lutoh	67	1	/
Luyto	67	1	/
Lytto	67	0	/

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Lito Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Lito in the Georgian language
ლიტო	lito	-
Lito in the Oriya language
ଲିେଟା	lieta	-
Lito in the Hindi language
लीतो	lito	50
लिटो	lito	50
Lito in the Russian language
Лито	lito	-

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