Lenanya Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Lenanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 120 | 1:16,938 | 3,631 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Lenanya (18) may also be a first name.
Lenanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lenanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lenanya is most common in Lesotho. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lenanya is the 1,628,521st most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Lenanya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lenanya are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 18 people.
The last name Lenanya is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 16,938. In Lesotho Lenanya is primarily concentrated in: Mokhotlong District, where 73 percent are found, Leribe District, where 11 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 8 percent are found. Besides Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Lenanya
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