Longya Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Longya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Longya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Longya (551) may also be a first name.

Longya Last Name Facts

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

Longya has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Longya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,701,480th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name Longya occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Longya live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Longya is also the 358,643rd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 551 people.

It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loongya92109/
Longyah922/
Loongyai8613/
Loungyai861/
Langya834/
Londya831/
Longyou7711/
Loungyo774/
Longyei771/
Luongyo771/
Langyai771/
Langyah771/
Lahangya7141/
Londagia711/
Londja67125/
Londia6775/
Landya6718/
Londea676/
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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 Longya
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