Luhenga Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Luhenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luhenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Luhenga (29) may also be a first name.

Luhenga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Luhenga occurs most in The DR Congo. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Luhenga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luhenga? popularity and diffusion

Luhenga is the 2,136,387th most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Luhenga reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently held given name globally It is held by 29 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 985,061. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luhengo8643/
Luhinga8628/
Lihenga8611/
Lu'enga861/
Leuenga861/
Louhengo804/
Lujjenga801/
Lauhingoa7522/
Luhingo7161/
Lihinga7150/
Lihengo7121/
Looijenga63446/
Liinga621/
Lihingo5721/
Looyinga532/

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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 Luhenga
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