Engaya Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Engaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Engaya (7) may also be a first name.
Engaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Engaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Engaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻧﻘﻲ) is found most in The DR Congo. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Engaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Engaya reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,548,448th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 7 people.
This surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 73,879,570. Apart from The DR Congo Engaya occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Engaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Engaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻧﻘﻲ | anqy | - |
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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 Engaya
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