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

Lés is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Les, Leš, Leş, Leș or Leś. Click here for further possible spellings of Lés.

How Common Is The Last Name Lés? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Lés live; 33 percent live in South America and 33 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Espírito Santo, where 100 percent live. Not including Brazil this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 33 percent live and Sweden, where 33 percent live.

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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