Kwangaya Surname
Approximately 1,627 people bear this surname
Kwangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,626 | 1:32,559 | 3,822 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwangaya is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kwangaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwangaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 244,761st most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,479,131 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwangaya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,626 people, or 1 in 32,559. In Tanzania Kwangaya is mostly concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 66 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 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
- 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 Kwangaya
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