Letenga Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Letenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
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
Letenga (Oriya: େଲେଟା) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Letenga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Letenga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 9 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Letenga is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 80 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Letenga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Letenga in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲେଟା | eleta | - |
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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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