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
Lenah occurs most in Kenya. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenah? popularity and diffusion
Lenah is the 451,630th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. The surname Lenah is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Lenah are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Lenah is also the 33,866th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 23,154 people.
The surname Lenah is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 88,979. In Kenya Lenah is most numerous in: Kitui County, where 66 percent live, Meru County, where 11 percent live and Kakamega County, where 9 percent live. Excluding Kenya it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Botswana, where 7 percent live.
Lenah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lenah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lenah surname contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lenah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Lenah surname is predominantly 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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