Lenuwe Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lenuwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenuwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517

Lenuwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lenuwe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lenuwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenuwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Lenuwe live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Lenuwe is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 92 percent are found and Kwara, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lenauwe921/
Lenuweit86374/
Lanuwe8313/
Lenowe834/
Lenuwa832/
Leneuw831/
Lenuve830/
Leneuve7759/
Lianuwe774/
Hlenuwa772/
Lenoube771/
Leneuveu715/
Lenive676/
Linuwi671/
Laniwe671/
Linuwa671/
Linuwih62138/
Lenoway622/
Laniwei621/
Leinoubi571/
Lenivý5044/
Laniwi5023/

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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 Lenuwe
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