Bangaya Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Bangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 219 | 1:241,743 | 19,666 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Uganda | 71 | 1:549,849 | 30,277 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bangaya (Marathi: बनगया) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bangaya? popularity and diffusion
Bangaya is the 680,882nd most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bangaya live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Bangaya is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 241,743. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent live, Kagera Region, where 2 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Uganda, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bangaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bangaya in the Marathi language | ||
| बनगया | banagaya | 77.78 |
| बंगया | bangaya | 22.22 |
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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 Bangaya
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