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
The last name Kangaya (Marathi: कांगया) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kangaya is the 1,385,851st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname Kangaya is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kangaya live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 208,552. In Zambia it is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 88 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 1 percent are found. Barring Zambia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
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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