Nlenanya Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nlenanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nlenanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria811:2,186,94874,923
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nlenanya (24) may also be a first name.

Nlenanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nlenanya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nlenanya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nlenanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nlenanya is the 2,061,309th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nlenanya are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name world-wide, held by 24 people.

Nlenanya is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria Nlenanya is most frequent in: Abia, where 74 percent live, Enugu, where 12 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

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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 Nlenanya
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