Lumenya Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Lumenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lumenya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda271:1,445,89953,777
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653

Lumenya (21) may also be a first name.

Lumenya Last Name Facts

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

Lumenya is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lumenya.

How Common Is The Last Name Lumenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lumenya is the 3,432,070th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. Lumenya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lumenya reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Lumenya is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 21 people.

The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 1,445,899. In Uganda Lumenya is most frequent in: Buyende District, where 30 percent are found, Kaliro District, where 26 percent are found and Kampala District, where 15 percent are found. Not including Uganda Lumenya occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Tanzania, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lummenya931/
Luminya861/
Lumenhay803/
Lomenyo71420/
Lominya71123/
Luminea7193/
Lumenio7124/
Luminia712/
Lomenia711/
Luminja711/
Luminhay6783/
Luminița672/
Luminias672/
Luminjau671/
Luminio5731/
Lomenio5718/
Lominyo573/
Luminiță534/
Luminios531/
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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 Lumenya
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