Yangaya Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Yangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yangaya (Marathi: यांगाया) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yangaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Yangaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Yangaya reside; 79 percent reside in Central Africa and 79 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Beside The DR Congo Yangaya exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yangaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yangaya in the Marathi language | ||
| यांगाया | yangaya | 33.33 |
| यंगया | yangaya | 33.33 |
| यांग्या | yangya | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Yangaya
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