Nalenya Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Nalenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 92 | 1:424,340 | 25,938 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nalenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nalenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nalenya is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nalenya? popularity and diffusion
Nalenya is the 1,581,912th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nalenya live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 424,340. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kibuku District, where 66 percent reside, Budaka District, where 26 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nailenya | 93 | 63 | / |
| Nalinya | 86 | 1,389 | / |
| Nalenyo | 86 | 15 | / |
| Nalenja | 86 | 7 | / |
| Nalanya | 86 | 3 | / |
| Naalinya | 80 | 55 | / |
| Nnalinya | 80 | 16 | / |
| Ngalenia | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nallinya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nalyonya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngolenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngoilenya | 75 | 913 | / |
| Nnaalinya | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nalyaanya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nalyannya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nalonja | 71 | 80 | / |
| Naggilinya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nalanja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nalinja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nohlonya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngalenio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naslinia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nalingia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nallania | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neulania | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ngolionyo | 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
- 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 Nalenya
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