Nguranyang Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nguranyang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nguranyang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya791:584,55627,458
Uganda231:1,697,36058,907

Nguranyang (12) may also be a first name.

Nguranyang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nguranyang is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nguranyang? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,828,462nd most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname Nguranyang occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nguranyang live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nguranyang is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 12 people.

This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: West Pokot County, where 99 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 23 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 Nguranyang
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