Lenonya Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lenonya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenonya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1141:17,8293,803
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Lenonya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lenonya is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Lenonya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenonya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,683,218th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name Lenonya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lenonya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Lenonya is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 17,829. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 73 percent are found, Quthing District, where 14 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Lesotho Lenonya exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lengonya9386/
Lenanya86123/
Lenonia86110/
Lenganya80181/
Lenonhay802/
Lengunya801/
Linonia7119/
Linonhay6761/
Linganya675/
Lengania675/
Lingonyo671/
Lenanyoe671/
Lingunya671/
Lenganyo671/
Lingonia671/
Lengunja671/
Loingunya631/
Lenaneo5717/
Lingunja5376/
Lingania5329/
Linunhay536/
Lingonio531/
Linganja531/
Linhounho501/

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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 Lenonya
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