Lenepa Surname

752,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lenepa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenepa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho2751:7,3911,600
South Africa1061:511,11041,270

Lenepa (66) may also be a first name.

Lenepa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lenepa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lenepa is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenepa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lenepa is the 752,779th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 19,127,417 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lenepa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lenepa is also the 1,201,840th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 66 people.

The last name Lenepa is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 7,391. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Leribe District, where 43 percent reside, Mokhotlong District, where 32 percent reside and Butha-Buthe District, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 28 percent reside.

Lenepa Last Name Statistics demography

Lenepa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.22% less than the national average, earning R 134,940 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lengepa9212/
Lenepe8310/
Lanepa834/
Lenepi831/
Lenapa831/
Lenepo831/
Linepa831/
Lenaipa77382/
Lengepo7762/
Lengipa779/
Leneepe779/
Lienapa774/
Lenepoh771/
Linepat771/
Hlonepha714/
Linepaya711/
Lengipaa711/
Lengipai711/
Leenedpi711/
Lanipa67581/
Lonapa67115/
Lanopa6785/
Lanapa6748/
Linapa6718/
Linipa672/
Lenaipaya671/

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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 Lenepa
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