Linyama Surname

209,527th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,972 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Linyama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Linyama 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
Malawi8101:21,1353,253
Tanzania5621:94,2029,393
Zambia5481:28,9232,994
Zimbabwe381:406,26936,425
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Linyama (152) may also be a first name.

Linyama Last Name Facts

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

Linyama (Russian: Линьяма) occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Linyama? popularity and diffusion

Linyama is the 209,527th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 3,695,510 people. Linyama is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Linyama reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 746,252nd most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 152 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 810 people, or 1 in 21,135. Beside Malawi it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 28 percent live and Zambia, where 28 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
Linjama86136/
Lenyama8636/
Linyamo861/
Linjamaa8073/
Linyamoi8027/
Hlenyama804/
Linyamoy804/
Linehama801/
Linyome7141/
Lenyame711/
Lingioma674/
Lenyamoi671/
Legname57849/
Legnami5728/
Lenhame576/
Linjome571/
Linhome571/
Linhoume535/
Legnouma531/
Linhoumme501/
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Linyama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Linyama in the Russian language
Линьямаlinama-

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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 Linyama
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