Lengala Surname
Approximately 1,067 people bear this surname
Lengala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 941 | 1:49,075 | 5,005 |
| Lesotho | 65 | 1:31,270 | 5,851 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Lengala (189) may also be a first name.
Lengala Demographics
Lengala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lengala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lengala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lengala (Marathi: लगला, Oriya: େଲଳା) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lengala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 343,621st most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,829,940 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Lengala reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lengala is also the 661,310th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 189 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 941 people, or 1 in 49,075. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Samburu County, where 99 percent are found, Laikipia County, where 0 percent are found and Kajiado County, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 6 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Lengala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lengala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lengala in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲଳା | elala | - |
| Lengala in the Marathi language | ||
| लगला | lagala | - |
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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 Lengala
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