Lesenya Surname

268,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lesenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lesenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0091:53,6946,824
Lesotho4071:4,9941,013
Botswana331:66,27111,607
England21:27,859,030389,889
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lesenya (163) may also be a first name.

Lesenya Last Name Facts

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

Lesenya is found most frequently in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 268,560th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,015,517 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lesenya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 717,791st most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 163 people.

Lesenya is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,009 people, or 1 in 53,694. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 43 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 17 percent reside and Gauteng, where 17 percent reside. Beside South Africa it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 28 percent reside and Botswana, where 2 percent reside.

Lesenya Last Name Statistics demography

Lesenya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.19% less than the national average, earning R 120,744 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leshenya9331/
Leschenya8899/
Lesenyo86134/
Lesinya8698/
Lysenya8690/
Lesenia8623/
Lesenea861/
Lisenya861/
Leshchenya8278/
Lescenia802/
Llesenia802/
Letchenya75101/
Lesenyoho752/
Lyschenya751/
Lischenya751/
Lisenia7159/
Lecenia7138/
Leshchenia7115/
Lesinia716/
Lyshchenya714/
Lesinyo711/
Lizenya711/
Lisengia6734/
Laisenia6712/
Lesainia679/
Lesengeo671/
Liscenia671/
Llezenia671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lesenya
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