Lutenya Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lutenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lutenya 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
Tanzania1121:472,69332,330
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Lutenya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lutenya is found most in Tanzania. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Lutenya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lutenya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,658,108th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lutenya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Lutenya is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 472,693. In Tanzania Lutenya is most common in: Kagera Region, where 84 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Lutenya exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

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
Lutenyo86103/
Lotenya862/
Lutenja862/
Lutenia861/
Lutinya861/
Lautenia801/
Lutynia717/
Lotinya712/
Lutinja711/
Lotenyo711/
Lotenja711/
Lustinia672/
Leutenio671/
Lustenio671/
Lutigneaux5959/
Lotinja5718/
Lutinho571/
Loutinho531/
Lautinios501/
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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 Lutenya
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