Sangayama Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sangayama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sangayama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1591:1,114,10545,936
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Sangayama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sangayama has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sangayama? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sangayama is the 1,374,607th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sangayama reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 73 percent live, Borno, where 21 percent live and Benue, where 3 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Japan, where 1 percent live.

Sangayama Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Sangayama surname is principally Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.

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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 Sangayama
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