Lenison Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lenison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Lenison (181) may also be a first name.

Lenison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lenison is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenison? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Lenison occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Lenison live; 45 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lenison is also the 677,199th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 181 people.

Lenison is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 80 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 20 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Lenison is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 36 percent live and Sweden, where 9 percent live.

Lenison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lenison has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lenison surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lenison Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Lenison last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Lenison
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