Lenah Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Lenah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 519 | 1:88,979 | 8,029 |
| Indonesia | 119 | 1:1,111,338 | 79,949 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Lenah (23,154) may also be a first name.
Lenah Demographics
Lenah Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Lenah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lenah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lenah has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Lenah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lenah is the 451,630th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,690,886 people. The last name Lenah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Lenah live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lenah is also the 33,866th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 23,154 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 519 people, or 1 in 88,979. In Kenya Lenah is mostly found in: Kitui County, where 66 percent reside, Meru County, where 11 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 16 percent reside and Botswana, where 7 percent reside.
Lenah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lenah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lenah last name contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lenah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and 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 Lenah
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