Lemayani Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lemayani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemayani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania851:622,84338,112
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Lemayani (109) may also be a first name.

Lemayani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lemayani occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lemayani click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemayani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,020,555th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemayani are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most common given name throughout the world It is held by 109 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 622,843. In Tanzania Lemayani is primarily found in: Arusha Region, where 61 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 38 percent live and Manyara Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania Lemayani is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lemayana889/
Lemeyani884/
Lemayane881/
Lemoyani881/
Lesmiyani825/
Lemaini80160/
Lemayne801/
Lemayene752/
Limayana752/
Lemhaini751/
Lemane711,023/
Lemainais7110/
Lemoyne671,527/
Leimane671,498/
Lemaine67684/
Leemane6734/
Limaini6717/
Lemaina6712/
Lemeini6710/
Lemanhe678/
Lemhane674/
Leymane674/
Llemane671/
Lemoini671/
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
  • 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 Lemayani
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