Likenya Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Likenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Likenya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia801:198,12413,036
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Likenya (43) may also be a first name.

Likenya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Likenya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Likenya is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Likenya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,658,108th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Likenya live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequent given name globally, borne by 43 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 198,124. In Zambia Likenya is mostly found in: Western Province, where 95 percent live and Southern Province, where 5 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Likenyo8623/
Lekenya865/
Leekeenya752/
Likinyo71367/
Licenia717/
Lekinya711/
Lekenja711/
Lykenia710/
Leikenjost591/
Lecenia5738/
Licinia5734/
Likinio5716/
Lecinia575/
Lekinyo573/
Lequinha534/
Liquinha531/
Lichinyo531/
Lequiniat502/
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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 Likenya
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