Lengete Surname

494,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 668 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lengete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lengete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6331:72,9546,861
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lengete (299) may also be a first name.

Lengete Last Name Facts

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

Lengete is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lengete? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 494,499th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,909,500 people. The surname Lengete occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lengete live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 509,704th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 299 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 633 people, or 1 in 72,954. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kajiado County, where 94 percent are found, Makueni County, where 5 percent are found and Machakos County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Lengete Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Lengete
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