Lebenya Surname

155,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lebenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lebenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,4581:22,0412,792
Lesotho3441:5,9091,225
England41:13,929,515290,718
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Lebenya (529) may also be a first name.

Lebenya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lebenya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﻨﻲ) occurs most in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lebenya? popularity and diffusion

Lebenya is the 155,685th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,589,746 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lebenya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 366,789th most common first name worldwide, held by 529 people.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 2,458 people, or 1 in 22,041. In South Africa Lebenya is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and Free State, where 12 percent live. Excluding South Africa Lebenya occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 12 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Lebenya Last Name Statistics demography

Lebenya earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.92% less than the national average, earning R 154,644 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lebeanya9347/
Lebienya932/
Lebenja861/
Libenya861/
Lebenia861/
Lebeña7775/
Lebeneiyo75425/
Lebeneyio751/
Libenja7124/
Levenia7118/
Libegna7110/
Levenja712/
Libenia712/
Lebinia711/
Levesnia671/
Leevenia671/
Lebegnio671/

Lebenya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lebenya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﻨﻲalbny-

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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 Lebenya
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