Lengana Surname

638,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lengana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lengana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4341:124,83314,710
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Lesotho111:184,77813,836
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lengana (552) may also be a first name.

Lengana Last Name Facts

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

Lengana (Oriya: େଲାନନ୍ା) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Lengana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lengana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 638,206th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 15,277,874 people. The surname Lengana is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lengana are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lengana is also the 358,282nd most numerous given name worldwide, held by 552 people.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 434 people, or 1 in 124,833. In South Africa Lengana is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 48 percent live, North West, where 26 percent live and Free State, where 21 percent live. Outside of South Africa it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Lesotho, where 2 percent live.

Lengana Last Name Statistics demography

Lengana earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.87% less than the national average, earning R 157,140 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lengana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lengana in the Oriya language
େଲାନନ୍ାelanana-

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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
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  • 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 Lengana
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