Bangaja Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Bangaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bangaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bangaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bangaja occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bangaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,602,217th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Bangaja reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 1,561,571. In Uganda Bangaja is most numerous in: Kween District, where 96 percent are found and Bukwo District, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 10 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Bangaja
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