Lengwanya Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Lengwanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 42 | 1:377,379 | 19,273 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lengwanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lengwanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lengwanya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lengwanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,944,094th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lengwanya are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 377,379. In Zambia Lengwanya is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 90 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent reside. Besides Zambia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Lengwanya
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