Lenaya Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Lenaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Lenaya (115) may also be a first name.
Lenaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lenaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lenaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻨﺎﻳﻪ, Russian: Леная) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Lenaya live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Lenaya is also the 873,022nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 115 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Lenaya is primarily found in: Adrar Region, where 44 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 11 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 26 percent reside and Russia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lenaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lenaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻨﺎﻳﻪ | lnayh | 40 |
| ﻟﻌﻨﺎﻳﺔ | lnayt | 30 |
| ﻟﻌﻨﺎﻱ | lnay | 30 |
| Lenaya in the Russian language | ||
| Леная | lenaa | - |
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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 Lenaya
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