Liyanga Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Liyanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 245 | 1:216,088 | 18,072 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
Liyanga (61) may also be a first name.
Liyanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liyanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Liyanga is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Liyanga? popularity and diffusion
Liyanga is the 686,443rd most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Liyanga are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Liyanga is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 61 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 216,088. In Tanzania Liyanga is most frequent in: Lindi Region, where 60 percent reside, Mtwara Region, where 38 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 38 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Liyanga
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