Lishenga Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Lishenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
Lishenga (11) may also be a first name.
Lishenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lishenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lishenga is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lishenga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lishenga reside; 59 percent reside in Southern Africa and 59 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lishenga is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 11 people.
The surname Lishenga is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 834,206. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Western Province, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Zambia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 41 percent are found.
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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 Lishenga
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