Sengaya Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Sengaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sengaya (10) may also be a first name.
Sengaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sengaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sengaya (Oriya: େସାୟା) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sengaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sengaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sengaya live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 10 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 80 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 20 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sengaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sengaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାୟା | esaya | - |
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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 Sengaya
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