Lengela Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lengela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lengela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2261:326,90129,253
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Lesotho271:75,2809,683
Botswana171:128,64318,229

Lengela (26) may also be a first name.

Lengela Last Name Facts

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

Lengela is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lengela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 862,604th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname Lengela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lengela live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lengela is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.

The last name Lengela is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and Lesotho, where 9 percent reside.

Lengela Last Name Statistics demography

Lengela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.22% less than the national average, earning R 30,360 per year.

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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 Lengela
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