Lété Surname

1,076,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Lété Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lété Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2211:52,0218,506
France71:9,488,960336,266
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Léte (1) & Lete (4,505) are calculated separately.

Lété Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lété is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Léte or Lete. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lété? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,076,574th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Lété are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 52,021. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Walloon Region, where 95 percent reside, Flemish Region, where 4 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Léte921/
Lete834,505/
Léty757/
Léti752/
Léta752/
Létai67326/
Létay6753/
Letté6731/
Lesté674/
Léste671/
Litté671/
Leyté671/

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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
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  • 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 Lété
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