Lengeju Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Lengeju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Lengeju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lengeju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lengeju is most common in Tanzania. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lengeju? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,121,169th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Lengeju are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 705,888. In Tanzania Lengeju is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 80 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Manyara Region, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lengeu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lengesu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lenju | 83 | 76 | / |
| Lengiyeu | 80 | 579 | / |
| Lenjau | 77 | 824 | / |
| Leneau | 77 | 266 | / |
| Lenjou | 77 | 93 | / |
| Lnguju | 77 | 17 | / |
| Lenjeu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Lengiu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lingju | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lingoju | 71 | 303 | / |
| Lingesu | 71 | 36 | / |
| Lenieux | 71 | 13 | / |
| Lenhieu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lenieus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Liengyu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leunjou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leunjeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lengiyu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leaneyu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lingiju | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lehnheu | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lenhu | 67 | 106 | / |
| Linju | 67 | 93 | / |
| Lenyu | 67 | 46 | / |
| Leniu | 67 | 33 | / |
| Långjuth | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lingesau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lingeaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leinieux | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lengeju
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis