Leneke Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Leneke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 109 | 1:1,625,163 | 60,488 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Leneke (69) may also be a first name.
Leneke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leneke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leneke occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leneke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Leneke is the 1,544,715th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Leneke are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Leneke is also the 1,171,416th most numerous forename worldwide. It is borne by 69 people.
The surname Leneke is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa, where 98 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 16 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.
Leneke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Leneke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leneke last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Leneke
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