Lichenya Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Lichenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Lichenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lichenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lichenya is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lichenya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 772,238th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lichenya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letchenya | 82 | 101 | / |
| Licenia | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ligenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leshchenya | 78 | 78 | / |
| Lyshchenya | 78 | 4 | / |
| Liscenia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lichinyo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Legenya | 67 | 93 | / |
| Lecenia | 67 | 38 | / |
| Licinia | 67 | 34 | / |
| Leshchenia | 67 | 15 | / |
| Liginya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liscinia | 63 | 2 | / |
| Lescenia | 63 | 2 | / |
| Letchinia | 59 | 5 | / |
| Letshenyo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Lechingia | 59 | 1 | / |
| Licinio | 53 | 512 | / |
| Licínio | 53 | 9 | / |
| Lecinia | 53 | 5 | / |
| Leginia | 53 | 4 | / |
| Lezinja | 53 | 1 | / |
| Leicinio | 50 | 3 | / |
| Liscinio | 50 | 3 | / |
| Llezenia | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ligginia | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Lichenya
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