Lenaka Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

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

Lenaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa561:967,45960,627
India141:54,790,384527,769
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Lenaka (112) may also be a first name.

Lenaka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lenaka (Georgian: ლენაკა, Marathi: लेनका, Russian: Ленака) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenaka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lenaka is the 2,220,661st most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Lenaka are found; 78 percent are found in Southern Africa and 78 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lenaka is also the 885,979th most common forename throughout the world It is held by 112 people.

The last name Lenaka is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 967,459. In South Africa Lenaka is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 52 percent reside, North West, where 27 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 13 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Lenaka Last Name Statistics demography

Lenaka earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.07% less than the national average, earning R 92,508 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lenaka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lenaka in the Georgian language
ლენაკაlenaka-
Lenaka in the Marathi language
लेनकाlenaka-
Lenaka in the Russian language
Ленакаlenaka-

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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 Lenaka
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