Lés Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Lés Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lés Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Les (10,374), Leš (395), Leş (106), Leș (101) & Leś (17) are calculated separately.

Lés Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lés occurs most in Brazil. It may also appear as: Les, Leš, Leş, Leș or Leś. For other possible spellings of Lés click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lés? popularity and diffusion

Lés is the 10,311,814th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Lés occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Lés live; 33 percent live in South America and 33 percent live in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil Lés is most numerous in: Espírito Santo, where 100 percent are found. Not including Brazil Lés occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 33 percent are found and Sweden, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Les8910,374/
Léis862/
Léss861/
Llés861/
Lése861/
80277/
Leš78395/
Leş78106/
Leș78101/
Leś7817/
Lllés751/
Lis6791,537/
Lys675,970/
Lép67114/
Léa6774/
Léh6727/
Ljs679/
Lís677/
Lée675/
Lér672/
Léi671/

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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 Lés
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