Wangiya Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Wangiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
Wangiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wangiya occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wangiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangiya live; 78 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Beside The DR Congo it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 22 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 Wangiya
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