Nyangoye Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Nyangoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nyangoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyangoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyangoye is found most in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyangoye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,573,888th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Nyangoye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangoye live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 423,533. In Tanzania Nyangoye is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 98 percent reside, Geita Region, where 1 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nyangoye
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