Sangaya Surname
Approximately 1,035 people bear this surname
Sangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 430 | 1:411,960 | 21,473 |
| Tanzania | 231 | 1:229,184 | 18,969 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zambia | 128 | 1:123,828 | 9,362 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sangaya (283) may also be a first name.
Sangaya Demographics
Sangaya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Sangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sangaya (Hindi: संगया, Marathi: संगया, Oriya: ସାାୟା) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 352,108th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,041,107 people. Sangaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sangaya reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 526,385th most prevalent forename at a global level It is held by 283 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 430 people, or 1 in 411,960. In Nigeria Sangaya is most numerous in: Yobe, where 97 percent live, Borno, where 3 percent live and Jigawa, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Sangaya is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 22 percent live and Malawi, where 20 percent live.
Sangaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sangaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sangaya in the Marathi language | ||
| संगया | sangaya | 88.51 |
| संगाया | sangaya | 6.9 |
| सांगाया | sangaya | 1.15 |
| सांगया | sangaya | 1.15 |
| संजया | sanjaya | 1.15 |
| Sangaya in the Hindi language | ||
| संगया | sangaya | 55.56 |
| संगय | sangaya | 22.22 |
| सांग्या | sangya | 11.11 |
| सांगया | sangaya | 11.11 |
| Sangaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାାୟା | saaya | 50 |
| ସଂଗୟା | sangaya | 50 |
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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 Sangaya
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