Lenape Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Lenape Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Lenape (18) may also be a first name.
Lenape Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lenape Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lenape is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenape? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Lenape live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lenape is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name Lenape is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Lenape is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent are found.
Lenape Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lenape has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lengape | 92 | 11 | / |
| Lenaape | 92 | 8 | / |
| Lenap | 91 | 5 | / |
| Lenapeer | 86 | 175 | / |
| Linape | 83 | 12 | / |
| Lenepe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Lenapa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lanape | 83 | 1 | / |
| Legnap | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lenaipa | 77 | 382 | / |
| Lanappe | 77 | 189 | / |
| Linapea | 77 | 64 | / |
| Leneepe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Lengope | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lienapa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Linapez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Linapep | 77 | 1 | / |
| Linap | 73 | 19 | / |
| Lenab | 73 | 5 | / |
| Lenav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lynap | 73 | 0 | / |
| Linaphet | 71 | 7 | / |
| Lenayapa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Linhapes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Linapa | 67 | 18 | / |
| Lingap | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lanapi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lenhav | 67 | 6 | / |
| Linhap | 67 | 3 | / |
| Linapi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lenoip | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lenaipaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lenopi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lenepi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leynop | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lenape
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