Lenygon Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Lenygon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenygon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:3,482,379114,324
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Lenygon Last Name Facts

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

Lenygon is most common in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenygon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lenygon reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 3,482,379. In England Lenygon is most numerous in: Kent, where 56 percent are found and Devon, where 44 percent are found.

Lenygon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lenygon has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Lenygon surname grew 229 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lenighon800/
Lenegan71225/
Lenigan71155/
Lonegon712/
Linigon711/
Lanygan710/
Linegon710/
Lanigon710/
Leneghan67578/
Lenighan6735/
Lengigan671/
Lannigon670/
Lonnigon670/
Leinigan670/
Leneaghan630/
Leneighan630/
Liñgon6243/
Lanigan577,669/
Linigan570/
Lannigan531,119/
Lanighan5364/
Linighan5359/
Linegang5318/
Lignigan532/
Lenegham531/
Llanigan531/
Lainigan530/
Lannighan507/

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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 Lenygon
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