Kangya Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Kangya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 32 | 1:495,310 | 22,215 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
Kangya (Bengali: কংজ, Marathi: कांग्या) is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 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 numerous given name in the world, borne by 254 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 495,310. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 100 percent are found. Barring Zambia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 44 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaungya | 92 | 6 | / |
| Khangya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kongya | 83 | 219 | / |
| Kandya | 83 | 110 | / |
| Kangyo | 83 | 19 | / |
| Kongyai | 77 | 111 | / |
| Khongya | 77 | 76 | / |
| Khandya | 77 | 23 | / |
| Kangyou | 77 | 20 | / |
| Kandyah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kangyey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khongyai | 71 | 684 | / |
| Kahandya | 71 | 28 | / |
| Kandaiya | 71 | 16 | / |
| Kandayya | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kheandya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Khandyat | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khandyay | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanduiya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kandoiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kongyeah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khandyha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kandia | 67 | 1,783 | / |
| Kandja | 67 | 521 | / |
| Kondya | 67 | 94 | / |
| Kandyo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kandaiyah | 67 | 23 | / |
| Candya | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kandhaiya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kongyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cangyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khandayya | 67 | 1 | / |
Kangya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kangya in the Bengali language | ||
| কংজ | kanja | - |
| Kangya in the Marathi language | ||
| कांग्या | kangya | 66.67 |
| कंग्या | kangya | 33.33 |
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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
- 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 Kangya
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