Kangaya Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Kangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 76 | 1:208,552 | 13,419 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kangaya (Marathi: कांगया) is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,385,851st most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kangaya are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kangaya is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 208,552. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 88 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Zambia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kangaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kangaya in the Marathi language | ||
| कांगया | kangaya | - |
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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 Kangaya
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