Bangya Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Bangya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 281 | 1:73,911 | 9,200 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bangya (677) may also be a first name.
Bangya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bangya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bangya (Hindi: बांग्या, Marathi: बांग्या) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bangya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bangya is the 778,856th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 20,020,731 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Bangya reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 78 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 318,411th most common given name throughout the world, held by 677 people.
Bangya is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 73,911. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 68 percent live, Centre Region, where 23 percent live and West Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Cameroon it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent live and Taiwan, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangyai | 92 | 177 | / |
| Bangyay | 92 | 153 | / |
| Bhangya | 92 | 13 | / |
| Bandya | 83 | 588 | / |
| Bongya | 83 | 94 | / |
| Bangyo | 83 | 68 | / |
| Bandhya | 77 | 115 | / |
| Bangyou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bhongya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bhangyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bandayya | 71 | 12 | / |
| Bandeiya | 71 | 12 | / |
| Banduiya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bandhyay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bandaiya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bandeyya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bandia | 67 | 3,782 | / |
| Bandja | 67 | 2,209 | / |
| Bandea | 67 | 297 | / |
| Bandyo | 67 | 133 | / |
| Bongyo | 67 | 86 | / |
| Bondya | 67 | 59 | / |
| Bandhaiya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Vandya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bandheyya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bandhayya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhandeiya | 67 | 1 | / |
Bangya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bangya in the Hindi language | ||
| बांग्या | bangya | - |
| Bangya in the Marathi language | ||
| बांग्या | bangya | 76.47 |
| बनगया | banagaya | 17.65 |
| बंग्या | bangya | 5.88 |
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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
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- 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 Bangya
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