Linyenge Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Linyenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Linyenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Linyenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Linyenge occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Linyenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Linyenge live; 51 percent live in Southern Africa and 51 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 689,127. In Zambia Linyenge is most common in: Western Province, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 47 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linyenga | 88 | 189 | / |
| Lingenge | 88 | 30 | / |
| Linyenze | 88 | 1 | / |
| Loinyenye | 82 | 2 | / |
| Lineinger | 82 | 0 | / |
| Lenyene | 80 | 53 | / |
| Lingene | 80 | 7 | / |
| Linhege | 80 | 5 | / |
| Linyeni | 80 | 2 | / |
| Liniene | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leineinger | 78 | 1 | / |
| Lingengi | 75 | 55 | / |
| Lingiene | 75 | 13 | / |
| Linjenje | 75 | 10 | / |
| Lioniene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luiniene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lunyinge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Linjeneh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Linienes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Linyinga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lenyinge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Linehane | 75 | 0 | / |
| Lingouene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leinieger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lengeny | 67 | 225 | / |
| Lengene | 67 | 146 | / |
| Lenyena | 67 | 105 | / |
| Lingayngay | 67 | 9 | / |
| Leniege | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lineini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lineeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lineina | 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 Linyenge
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