Kangya Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kangya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kangya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia321:495,31022,215
India271:28,409,829361,298
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kangya (254) may also be a first name.

Kangya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kangya (Bengali: কংজ, Marathi: कांग्या) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kangya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,436,415th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Kangya are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kangya is also the 559,024th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 254 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 495,310. In Zambia Kangya is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Zambia Kangya is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 44 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaungya926/
Khangya921/
Kongya83219/
Kandya83110/
Kangyo8319/
Kongyai77111/
Khongya7776/
Khandya7723/
Kangyou7720/
Kandyah771/
Kangyey771/
Khongyai71684/
Kahandya7128/
Kandaiya7116/
Kandayya718/
Kheandya716/
Khandyat713/
Khandyay712/
Kanduiya712/
Kandoiya711/
Kongyeah711/
Khandyha711/
Kandia671,783/
Kandja67521/
Kondya6794/
Kandyo6727/
Kandaiyah6723/
Candya6712/
Kandhaiya678/
Kongyo674/
Cangyo671/
Khandayya671/

Kangya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kangya in the Bengali language
কংজkanja-
Kangya in the Marathi language
कांग्याkangya66.67
कंग्याkangya33.33

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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 Kangya
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