Lemaya Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Lemaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Lemaya (21) may also be a first name.
Lemaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lemaya is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lemaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lemaya is the 2,605,694th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. Lemaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Lemaya reside; 62 percent reside in Central Africa and 62 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 21 people.
It is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Besides The DR Congo it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Lemaya
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