Lenonya Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Lenonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 114 | 1:17,829 | 3,803 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Lenonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lenonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lenonya is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenonya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,683,218th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lenonya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 17,829. In Lesotho Lenonya is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 73 percent live, Quthing District, where 14 percent live and Butha-Buthe District, where 6 percent live. Barring Lesotho it is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lengonya | 93 | 86 | / |
| Lenanya | 86 | 123 | / |
| Lenonia | 86 | 110 | / |
| Lenganya | 80 | 181 | / |
| Lenonhay | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lengunya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Linonia | 71 | 19 | / |
| Linonhay | 67 | 61 | / |
| Linganya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lengania | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lingonyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lenanyoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lingunya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lenganyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lingonia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lengunja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loingunya | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lenaneo | 57 | 17 | / |
| Lingunja | 53 | 76 | / |
| Lingania | 53 | 29 | / |
| Linunhay | 53 | 6 | / |
| Lingonio | 53 | 1 | / |
| Linganja | 53 | 1 | / |
| Linhounho | 50 | 1 | / |
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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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