Risanga Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Risanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Risanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Risanga (22) may also be a first name.

Risanga Last Name Facts

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

Risanga (Oriya: ରିସାା) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Risanga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Risanga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Risanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Risanga live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name globally, borne by 22 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Risanga is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Risanga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Risanga in the Oriya language
ରିସାାrisaa50
ରିଶrisa50

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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 Risanga
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