Hangaya Surname
Approximately 635 people bear this surname
Hangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 627 | 1:84,436 | 8,606 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Hangaya (139) may also be a first name.
Hangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hangaya is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hangaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 514,102nd most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 11,476,450 people. Hangaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hangaya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Hangaya is also the 784,558th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 139 people.
The surname Hangaya is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 627 people, or 1 in 84,436. In Tanzania Hangaya is primarily concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 51 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 20 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 12 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Hangaya exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Hangaya
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