Lenanya Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lenanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lenanya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1201:16,9383,631
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

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 held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenanya? popularity and diffusion

Lenanya is the 1,628,521st most common last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Lenanya occurs mostly 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. Lenanya is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 18 people.

This surname is most frequent 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 live, Leribe District, where 11 percent live and Butha-Buthe District, where 8 percent live. Aside from Lesotho it occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lenganya93181/
Lenonya86117/
Lengonya8086/
Linganya805/
Lengania805/
Lenganyo801/
Lenanyoe801/
Lenaneo7117/
Lingania6729/
Lenonhay672/
Linganja671/
Lenonia57110/
Linonhay5361/
Lingonyo531/
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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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