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 in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leneke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,544,715th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Leneke reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 69 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria Leneke is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 98 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Leneke is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 16 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 percent reside.
Leneke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leneke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leneke last name fell 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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