Lema is used as a family name or surname in Ecuador. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lema
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ecuador
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lema

How popular is Lema?

Lema is common in Ecuador.

Lema is ranked 2795 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lemas grew by 49.52235 per cent to 3913 since 2000 and ranked 8439 after elevating 2684 spots. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 61.85 50.13
White 28.11 40.73
Black 6.54 4.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.66 1.18
Others 1.05 2.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.79 0.65
Lema is quite popular family name mostly used in Ethiopia while Ecuador is ahead in terms of density. Around 196736 people have been found who wears Lema as their family name. Lema is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
16,722 Nigeria8
38,459 New Zealand7
5,340 Iceland6
1,346 Bermuda6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
26,325 Mauritania5
1,893 Angola5
10,686 Costa Rica3
10,329 Pakistan3
22,232 Morocco3
41,879 Turkey2
5,671 Guatemala2
26,123 Malaysia2
19,093 Finland2
4,367 Afghanistan2
20,595 China2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
18,625 Japan2
3,871 Paraguay2
34,681 Norway2
44,018 Poland2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
10,183 Jordan2
5,872 Namibia1
9,116 Nicaragua1
7,847 Albania1
16,283 Lithuania1
6,033 Benin1
165,773 Belarus1
13,606 Senegal1
10,190 Bahrain1
1,542 Andorra1
174,544 Czech Republic1
12,745 Luxembourg1
37,493 Austria1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
49,529 Israel1
36,814 Romania1
2,613 The Bahamas1
14,644 Tunisia1
24,176 Qatar1
5,467 Haiti1
356 Eritrea1
2,196 Liberia1
2,877 Cuba1
2,505 Congo1
2,715 Gabon1
1,970 Grenada1
4,171 Rwanda1
2,057 Isle of Man1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
21,712 Sweden44
15,412 Denmark34
387,178 India23
11,387 Ireland22
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
4,774 Latvia73
31,215 Australia72
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Lema:
16,159 Philippines902
8,308 Algeria803
3,029 Venezuela652
1,739 Burkina Faso590
9,569 Mexico497
20,365 France478
16,752 South Africa365
17,388 England317
6,268 Belgium290
43,536 Germany235
38,007 Italy224
27,297 Ukraine201
3,076 Portugal185
20,488 Canada174
7,350 Switzerland162
3,381 Dominican Republic144
94,214 Russia126
Countries with thousands of Lema:
577 Argentina7,764
801 Spain6,744
470 Bolivia4,038
1,193 Colombia3,896
11,741 United States3,041
1,207 Cameroon2,874
135 Uruguay2,200
3,162 Uganda1,680
3,816 Kenya1,491
2,787 Peru1,211
11,088 Indonesia1,130
11,999 Brazil1,129
1,283 Chile1,106
Countries with ten thousands of Lema:
218 Ethiopia58,780
124 Tanzania39,949
212 Democratic Republic of The Congo32,413
157 Ecuador20,351
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Italy

35 years old housewife Angela Lema who was residing in Altavilla, Italy migrated to Pittsburgh Pa. on March 31, 1899 by Ems put out from Genoa. Pasq. Lema (23) Peasant, are other Lema that migrated to US.

Comments

A
Anastasia Garretson
 The origin of the name is Basque there are several possibilities for this etymological name - either it comes from the word meaning lema: the drawbar and by extension the helmsman anthropocentric - either it comes dusurnom limo Latin meaning: oblique / the beholder side this surname specifies an ancestral feature.

Lema Namesakes

  • Georges Lemaître, Astronomer
  • Addison LeMay, Actor
  • Christophe Lemaire, Jockey
  • Catriona LeMay Doan, Speed Skater
  • Kunio Lemari, Marshallese Politician
  • Anaïs Lemarchand, Actress
  • Anaïs Lemarchand, Actress
  • Eric Leman, Cyclist
  • Andrej Lemanis, Basketball Player
  • Patrick Lemarié, Racing driver
  • Daniela Lema, from 2015 drama flick Carga Sellada, who portrayed Tania Tintaya.

Related Family Names: