Leyene Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Leyene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leyene (42) may also be a first name.
Leyene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leyene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leyene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻦ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leyene? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Leyene occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Leyene reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Leyene is also the 1,566,439th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 42 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 77 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 8 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania Leyene occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 12 percent live and Senegal, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leyene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leyene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻦ | allyn | 90 |
| ﺍﻟﻴﻦ | alyn | 10 |
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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 Leyene
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