Leina Surname
Approximately 2,788 people bear this surname
Leina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,887 | 1:24,473 | 2,769 |
| Tanzania | 199 | 1:266,038 | 21,128 |
| Lesotho | 123 | 1:16,525 | 3,562 |
| Botswana | 99 | 1:22,090 | 4,408 |
| India | 99 | 1:7,748,135 | 165,146 |
| Latvia | 80 | 1:25,626 | 3,910 |
| South Africa | 45 | 1:1,203,949 | 68,637 |
| Solomon Islands | 42 | 1:13,810 | 2,567 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Greece | 34 | 1:325,876 | 46,418 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Colombia | 14 | 1:3,412,434 | 15,450 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Leiņa (1) are calculated separately.
Leina (4,481) may also be a first name.
Leina Demographics
Leina Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Leina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leina (Bengali: লেইনা, Georgian: ლეინა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻨﻪ, Hindi: लेइना, Russian: Леина) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Leiņa. Click here to see other possible spellings of Leina.
How Common Is The Last Name Leina? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 156,952nd most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,613,897 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Leina live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Leina is also the 102,850th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 4,481 people.
Leina is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,887 people, or 1 in 24,473. In Kenya Leina is mostly found in: Narok County, where 48 percent live, Kajiado County, where 45 percent live and Bomet County, where 3 percent live. Barring Kenya it exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 7 percent live and Lesotho, where 4 percent live.
Leina Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leina has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leina last name grew 117 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leina Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Leina earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.52% less than the national average, earning R 89,064 per year; in Colombia they earn 63.71% more than the national average, earning $37,165,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 73.67% more than the national average, earning $74,938 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leina in the Georgian language | ||
| ლეინა | leina | - |
| Leina in the Bengali language | ||
| লেইনা | le'ina | - |
| Leina in the Hindi language | ||
| लेइना | le'ina | - |
| Leina in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻨﻪ | allynh | 62.5 |
| ﻟﻴﻦ | lyn | 25 |
| ﻟﻴﻨﻪ | lynh | 12.5 |
| Leina in the Russian language | ||
| Леина | leina | - |
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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 Leina
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