Luenya Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Luenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 54 | 1:44,619 | 5,721 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Luenya (20) may also be a first name.
Luenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luenya occurs in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Luenya.
How Common Is The Last Name Luenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Luenya is the 1,967,751st most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Luenya are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Luenya is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 20 people.
This last name is most common in Namibia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 44,619. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 96 percent live, Hardap Region, where 2 percent live and ǁKaras Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Namibia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 38 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luhenya | 92 | 1,212 | / |
| Leanya | 83 | 904 | / |
| Lwenya | 83 | 206 | / |
| Luinya | 83 | 43 | / |
| Leenya | 83 | 6 | / |
| Leinya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Luenia | 83 | 4 | / |
| Launya | 83 | 2 | / |
| Laenya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Leunya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lyenya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Luenyo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Luenja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lehanya | 77 | 252 | / |
| Luhinya | 77 | 168 | / |
| Leunyay | 77 | 22 | / |
| Luegnas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luhenyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luennyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loyenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leyanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lueña | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lwinya | 67 | 235 | / |
| Lwenja | 67 | 55 | / |
| Launia | 67 | 30 | / |
| Lougna | 67 | 26 | / |
| Leugna | 67 | 17 | / |
| Lienja | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lounia | 67 | 13 | / |
| Launja | 67 | 13 | / |
| Laenia | 67 | 7 | / |
| Luenio | 67 | 6 | / |
| Launea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lounyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leanyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leynia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leinia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leenyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lainya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luinyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Loinya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Leenia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Leanea | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lounja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leania | 67 | 2 | / |
| Laugna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyenja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leinyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Launha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leunia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luenjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luynia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luinja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leynea | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Luenya
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