Zangaya Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Zangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Zangaya (68) may also be a first name.
Zangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zangaya occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Zangaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Zangaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,979,664th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Zangaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zangaya live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Zangaya is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 68 people.
Zangaya is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Besides The DR Congo it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 16 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Zangaya
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