Inyanga Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Gabon

Inyanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Inyanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria681:2,605,04184,856
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Uganda261:1,501,51154,973
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Gabon41:472,2983,618
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Inyanga (45) may also be a first name.

Inyanga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Inyanga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Inyanga is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Inyanga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,348,199th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. Inyanga is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Inyanga are found; 41 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Inyanga is also the 1,504,468th most widely held given name internationally, held by 45 people.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria Inyanga is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 25 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 19 percent live and Rivers, where 12 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Uganda, where 16 percent live.

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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 Inyanga
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