Shanganyah Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Shanganyah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shanganyah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Shanganyah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shanganyah has its highest incidence in Iceland. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shanganyah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shanganyah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 11,742,229th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Shanganyah is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Shanganyah are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Iceland, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 380,090. In Iceland Shanganyah is mostly concentrated in: Southern Peninsula, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Iceland it is found in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 50 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
  • 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 Shanganyah
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