Lenyibi Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Lenyibi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenyibi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1101:492,52540,325
Botswana281:78,10513,263
England11:55,718,059489,080

Lenyibi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lenyibi is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenyibi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lenyibi is the 1,504,764th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lenyibi live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 492,525. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Northern Cape, where 48 percent reside, Gauteng, where 27 percent reside and North West, where 22 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 20 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Lenyibi Last Name Statistics demography

Lenyibi earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.45% less than the national average, earning R 191,424 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lenyebi864/
Lenyibe861/
Lenyebe7117/
Lemhayjibe5919/
Lesniewich591/
Lingebi574/
Lenyeva572/
Linyebe571/
Lengewi571/
Lenieva571/
Lengewai531/
Limjibhai502/
Lesniewer502/
Leenieves501/

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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 Lenyibi
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