Leiyani Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Leiyani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leiyani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania221:2,406,43748,353
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Leiyani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leiyani occurs most in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leiyani? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leiyani is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Leiyani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Leiyani are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 2,406,437. In Tanzania Leiyani is mostly found in: Arusha Region, where 41 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 41 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 4 percent are found and Puerto Rico, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lihyani8610/
Leahyani801/
Lieani772/
Lieanni711/
Liyooni711/
Lieana623/
Lieane621/
Leeoni621/
Leehane57148/
Lieanna571/
Lehajane539/
Lyieanna531/

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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 Leiyani
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