Lihonga Surname
Approximately 781 people bear this surname
Lihonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Tanzania | 280 | 1:189,077 | 16,295 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Lihonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lihonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lihonga is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lihonga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 438,773rd most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 9,331,045 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lihonga live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 36 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lihunga | 86 | 151 | / |
| Lihonge | 86 | 122 | / |
| Luhonga | 86 | 87 | / |
| Lihongo | 86 | 5 | / |
| Lihanga | 86 | 4 | / |
| Lihonay | 86 | 1 | / |
| Laionga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lihounas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lihono | 77 | 113 | / |
| Lionah | 77 | 51 | / |
| Lihana | 77 | 45 | / |
| Leonga | 77 | 32 | / |
| Lehona | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lieona | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lehoga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loiona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lihaga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Liahna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lyhona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luhanga | 71 | 35,724 | / |
| Lihonou | 71 | 532 | / |
| Lijanga | 71 | 392 | / |
| Lijunga | 71 | 264 | / |
| Leongas | 71 | 207 | / |
| Luhongo | 71 | 138 | / |
| Luyonga | 71 | 83 | / |
| Lagiona | 71 | 10 | / |
| Leyonga | 71 | 8 | / |
| Leijona | 71 | 6 | / |
| Liehana | 71 | 6 | / |
| Loyonga | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lyoonga | 71 | 4 | / |
| Layonga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Leongah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lehongo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lihaana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lujonga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leongaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lihanah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lojunga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Liahana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lieunga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lihungi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lihango | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lihangi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leihono | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lehongi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leona | 67 | 5,631 | / |
| Liono | 67 | 401 | / |
| Leoga | 67 | 207 | / |
| Leonggas | 67 | 4 | / |
| Laiyongo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lihounou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luhianga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lihonoss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lojungah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leyounga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leyongha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lehangah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lugiongo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lioungou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liohanna | 67 | 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
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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 Lihonga
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