Lemayana Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lemayana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemayana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Lemayana (61) may also be a first name.

Lemayana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lemayana is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemayana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Lemayana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemayana reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lemayana is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 61 people.

Lemayana is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Lemayana is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 86 percent are found and North West, where 14 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Lemayana is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 22 percent are found.

Lemayana Last Name Statistics demography

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

Lemayana earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.43% more than the national average, earning R 385,992 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lemayanga941/
Lemayani8886/
Limayana882/
Lemayane881/
Lismayana8229/
Lemaina8012/
Lomayna8011/
Lemayne801/
Lomeyana75202/
Limiyana759/
Lemeyani754/
Lomahyna752/
Lemayene752/
Lemoyani751/
Lemane711,023/
Lemainais7110/
Lesmiyani715/
Lomeyanai711/
Lemoyne671,527/
Leimane671,498/
Lemaine67684/
Lamaina67287/
Lemaini67160/
Lomayno6759/
Leemane6734/
Lemeina679/
Lemanhe678/
Lemhane674/
Leymane674/
Lameana671/
Llemane671/
Lemoina671/
Lemmane671/

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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 Lemayana
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