Nyangala Surname

301,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyangala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyangala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5521:83,6597,685
Tanzania4721:112,16410,800
Zambia1161:136,63710,044
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Gabon91:209,9102,378
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
England21:27,859,030389,889
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Nyangala (327) may also be a first name.

Nyangala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyangala is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 301,881st most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,792,962 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangala live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyangala is also the 484,932nd most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 327 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 552 people, or 1 in 83,659. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Taita Taveta County, where 55 percent live, Kakamega County, where 38 percent live and Kwale County, where 2 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 38 percent live and Zambia, where 9 percent live.

Nyangala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Nyangala surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Nyangala
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