Shangaye Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Shangaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Shangaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shangaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shangaye is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shangaye? popularity and diffusion
Shangaye is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shangaye are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Shangaye is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 83 percent are found and Gauteng, where 17 percent are found. Beside South Africa Shangaye occurs in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Shangaye
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