Wangaye Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Wangaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 91 | 1:210,901 | 7,017 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wangaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wangaye occurs most in Niger. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangaye? popularity and diffusion
Wangaye is the 1,907,068th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangaye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Chadic Africa.
It is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 210,901. In Niger Wangaye is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 84 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 14 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Chad, where 1 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 Wangaye
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