Lengay Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Lengay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Lengay (128) may also be a first name.
Lengay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lengay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lengay (Oriya: େଲାୟ, Tibetan: ལིང་རྒྱས་) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lengay.
How Common Is The Last Name Lengay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lengay is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Lengay is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Lengay live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 821,896th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 128 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lengay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lengay in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲାୟ | elaya | - |
| Lengay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལིང་རྒྱས་ | linggyé | 50 |
| གླེང་རྒྱས། | lenggyé | 50 |
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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 Lengay
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