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
Lishenga is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lishenga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lishenga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Lishenga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lishenga live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lishenga is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 834,206. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 41 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
- 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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