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 more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lenaya is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Lenaya live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 115 people.
The last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Lenaya is most numerous in: Adrar Region, where 44 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 11 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania Lenaya is found in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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