Nyangaye Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Nyangaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 106 | 1:368,295 | 23,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nyangaye (13) may also be a first name.
Nyangaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyangaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyangaye is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nyangaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyangaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyangaye is the 1,775,494th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Nyangaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangaye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held given name in the world, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 368,295. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kotido District, where 89 percent live, Kaabong District, where 8 percent live and Amudat District, where 3 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nyangaye
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