Lengai Surname
Approximately 847 people bear this surname
Lengai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 825 | 1:64,172 | 6,811 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Lengai (988) may also be a first name.
Lengai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lengai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lengai (Hindi: लेंगई) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lengai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 411,827th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,603,950 people. The surname Lengai occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Lengai live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 256,274th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 988 people.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 825 people, or 1 in 64,172. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Arusha Region, where 49 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 28 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lengai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lengai in the Hindi language | ||
| लेंगई | lenga'i | - |
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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 Lengai
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