Lichinga Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Lichinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 126 | 1:420,172 | 29,494 |
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
Lichinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lichinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lichinga is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lichinga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lichinga is the 1,148,257th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lichinga live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 420,172. In Tanzania Lichinga is most common in: Mtwara Region, where 75 percent reside, Lindi Region, where 7 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 35 percent reside and Mozambique, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Lichinga
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