Nsanganya Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nsanganya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nsanganya 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
Zambia1551:102,2588,141
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nsanganya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nsanganya is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsanganya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nsanganya is the 1,398,030th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsanganya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Nsanganya is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 102,258. In Zambia Nsanganya is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 68 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 30 percent live and Central Province, where 1 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

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
Nshanganya951/
Nsonganya8944/
Nzanganya891/
Nshaganya891/
Nzaganya82123/
Nsongonya781/
Njaganja711/
Ncanania711/
Nxongonya674/
Njongonya672/

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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 Nsanganya
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