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

Lenison has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lenison click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenison? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It 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 commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 181 people.

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

Lenison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lenison has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lenison last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lenison Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence 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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