Lihoya Surname
1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi
Lihoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Lihoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lihoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lihoya is most common in Malawi. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lihoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Lihoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,252,959th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name Lihoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lihoya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Lihoya is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Barring Malawi this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 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 Lihoya
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