Lenyee Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Lenyee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenyee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lenyee Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lenyee is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lenyee.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenyee? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Lenyee occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Lenyee reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname Lenyee is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,469,512. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Bong County, where 33 percent are found, Grand Gedeh County, where 33 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 33 percent are found. Outside of Liberia Lenyee exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and Thailand, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hlenyee9236/
Lengee8314/
Lenaye833/
Lenoye832/
Lenaee831/
Leneye831/
Lengaee772/
Leanaye771/
Lengoeea7125/
Lengojye711/
Lingee6785/
Lengei6741/
Lenoie6720/
Linaye675/
Lenowe674/
Lenouy671/
Linyei671/
Lenaie671/
Leniey670/

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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 Lenyee
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