Lenja Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Lenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 179 | 1:16,280 | 2,880 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Marshall Islands | 27 | 1:1,919 | 460 |
| Serbia | 16 | 1:446,559 | 18,714 |
| Greece | 7 | 1:1,582,827 | 88,377 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Lenja (264) may also be a first name.
Lenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lenja (Marathi: लेन्जा, Oriya: େଲନ୍ଜା) occurs most in Albania. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 908,336th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 24,872,170 people. The last name Lenja is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Lenja are found; 69 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 61 percent are found in Albano-Europe. It is also the 547,545th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 264 people.
Lenja is most prevalent in Albania, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 16,280. In Albania it is most common in: Korçë County, where 50 percent are found, Tirana County, where 21 percent are found and Durrës County, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Albania this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent are found and The Marshall Islands, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lenja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lenja in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲନ୍ଜା | elanja | - |
| Lenja in the Marathi language | ||
| लेन्जा | lenja | - |
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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 Lenja
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