Dangaya Surname
Approximately 1,017 people bear this surname
Dangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 863 | 1:19,837 | 3,086 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Dangaya (24) may also be a first name.
Dangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dangaya (Oriya: ଦାୟା) is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dangaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 356,968th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 7,165,729 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dangaya are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name worldwide, borne by 24 people.
The last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 863 people, or 1 in 19,837. Outside of Malawi this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dangaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dangaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦାୟା | daya | - |
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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 Dangaya
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