Letenga Surname

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

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Letenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Letenga (9) may also be a first name.

Letenga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Letenga (Oriya: େଲେଟା) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Letenga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Letenga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Letenga reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Letenga is also the 3,941,740th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 9 people.

The surname Letenga is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 80 percent live and Arusha Region, where 20 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Letenga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Letenga in the Oriya language
େଲେଟାeleta-

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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 Letenga
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