Bangya Surname

778,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 364 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bangya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bangya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2811:73,9119,200
India441:17,433,304271,013
Taiwan171:1,379,1039,281
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

Bangya (Hindi: बांग्या, Marathi: बांग्या) is found most in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bangya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 778,856th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,020,731 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Bangya are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 318,411th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 677 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 73,911. In Cameroon Bangya is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 68 percent live, Centre Region, where 23 percent live and West Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and Taiwan, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bangyai92177/
Bangyay92153/
Bhangya9213/
Bandya83588/
Bongya8394/
Bangyo8368/
Bandhya77115/
Bangyou772/
Bhongya772/
Bhangyo771/
Bandayya7112/
Bandeiya7112/
Banduiya715/
Bandhyay714/
Bandaiya712/
Bandeyya711/
Bandia673,782/
Bandja672,209/
Bandea67297/
Bandyo67133/
Bongyo6786/
Bondya6759/
Bandhaiya678/
Vandya675/
Bandheyya672/
Bandhayya672/
Bhandeiya671/

Bangya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bangya in the Hindi language
बांग्याbangya-
Bangya in the Marathi language
बांग्याbangya76.47
बनगयाbanagaya17.65
बंग्याbangya5.88

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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
  • 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 Bangya
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