Wangaya Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Wangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 428 | 1:91,213 | 9,428 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Wangaya (12) may also be a first name.
Wangaya Demographics
Wangaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangaya is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 623,516th most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,812,085 people. The last name Wangaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wangaya reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 428 people, or 1 in 91,213. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 31 percent live, Mbale District, where 30 percent live and Bududa District, where 25 percent live. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Wangaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wangaya
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