Lusanya Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Lusanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 69 | 1:669,274 | 29,584 |
| Uganda | 64 | 1:609,989 | 32,257 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
Lusanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lusanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lusanya is found most in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lusanya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lusanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,290,735th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lusanya live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 41 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Lusanya is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 669,274. In Kenya Lusanya is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 93 percent reside, Busia County, where 6 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 36 percent reside and Zambia, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lushanya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lusania | 86 | 113 | / |
| Lusanja | 86 | 11 | / |
| Lusanea | 86 | 8 | / |
| Lusiania | 80 | 8 | / |
| Loshanya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lusaña | 77 | 4 | / |
| Luzania | 71 | 1,347 | / |
| Losania | 71 | 8 | / |
| Luzanía | 71 | 2 | / |
| Losanyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lusanjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lusanho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luciania | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lusomhya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luzanjo | 57 | 2 | / |
| Losanio | 57 | 2 | / |
| Lusonia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Luzanio | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lusonjo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lucianio | 53 | 4 | / |
| Lousonja | 53 | 1 | / |
| Luciannio | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Lusanya
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