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 surname Nyangala is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangala? popularity and diffusion

Nyangala is the 301,881st most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,792,962 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangala reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 484,932nd most frequently used first name globally, held by 327 people.

It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 552 people, or 1 in 83,659. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 55 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 38 percent are found and Kwale County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 38 percent are found and Zambia, where 9 percent are found.

Nyangala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Nyangala last name is principally 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
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  • 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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