Luyanga Surname
Approximately 1,076 people bear this surname
Luyanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 775 | 1:20,452 | 2,257 |
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| Namibia | 51 | 1:47,243 | 5,945 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Luyanga (163) may also be a first name.
Luyanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luyanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luyanga is found most frequently in Zambia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Luyanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Luyanga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 341,330th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,772,812 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luyanga are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 717,791st most frequent first name globally, borne by 163 people.
It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 775 people, or 1 in 20,452. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Western Province, where 70 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent live and Southern Province, where 7 percent live. Aside from Zambia it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Namibia, where 5 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 Luyanga
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