Lemayan Surname

460,168th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lemayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6771:68,2136,511
Tanzania541:980,40045,201
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Lemayan (127) may also be a first name.

Lemayan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lemayan is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemayan? popularity and diffusion

Lemayan is the 460,168th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,928,537 people. The last name Lemayan is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemayan live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 825,494th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 127 people.

It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 677 people, or 1 in 68,213. In Kenya Lemayan is most prevalent in: Samburu County, where 63 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 18 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 13 percent reside. Barring Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 7 percent reside and China, where 0 percent reside.

Lemayan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Lemayan surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Lemayan
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