Lenić Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Lenić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1511:28,0045,782
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Slovenia81:310,95916,987
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Lenič (350) & Lenic (67) are calculated separately.

Lenić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lenić is most common in Croatia. It can occur in the variant forms: Lenič or Lenic. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,315,412th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name Lenić occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lenić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 28,004. In Croatia it is primarily concentrated in: Vukovar-Srijem County, where 34 percent reside, Istria County, where 22 percent reside and City of Zagreb, where 15 percent reside. Barring Croatia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 5 percent reside and Slovenia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lenič93350/
Lenic9367/
Letnić9127/
Lesnić9118/
Leniz801,046/
Lonić80388/
Linić80239/
Lanić808/
Leaniz73500/
Leniec73448/
Lenich73295/
Lenitz7339/
Lisnić7330/
Leiniz7312/
Lenits7310/
Lenaic739/
Lenicz735/
Lujnić735/
Leuniz734/
Lenici733/
Lanđić731/
Lehnic731/
Lieniz730/
Lenoiz730/
Leinich67105/
Leinitz6726/
Lehnich6719/
Leaniez673/
Legnits673/
Leniche671/
Lengich671/
Lehnitz671/
Lenitze671/
Leynich670/
Leanich670/

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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 Lenić
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