Nyangana Surname

316,846th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nyangana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyangana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6241:86,82310,676
Namibia5011:4,809896
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nyangana (103) may also be a first name.

Nyangana Last Name Facts

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

Nyangana is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangana? popularity and diffusion

Nyangana is the 316,846th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,160,225 people. The last name Nyangana is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most commonly held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 103 people.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 624 people, or 1 in 86,823. In South Africa Nyangana is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 21 percent are found and Gauteng, where 11 percent are found. Barring South Africa Nyangana occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 42 percent are found and Botswana, where 3 percent are found.

Nyangana Last Name Statistics demography

Nyangana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.18% less than the national average, earning R 120,756 per year.

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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 Nyangana
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