Abang Surname
Approximately 44,457 people bear this surname
Abang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18,480 | 1:9,586 | 1,051 |
| Cameroon | 7,731 | 1:2,686 | 306 |
| Philippines | 5,911 | 1:17,127 | 1,990 |
| Uganda | 4,861 | 1:8,031 | 1,406 |
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| Malaysia | 1,756 | 1:16,796 | 1,641 |
| Indonesia | 1,378 | 1:95,972 | 9,976 |
| Gabon | 606 | 1:3,117 | 542 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| United States | 128 | 1:2,831,710 | 167,846 |
| Brunei | 91 | 1:4,601 | 702 |
| India | 82 | 1:9,354,456 | 185,501 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Abang (28,678) may also be a first name.
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Abang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abang (Bengali: অবং, Marathi: अभंग) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Abang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abang? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abang is the 12,623rd most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 163,923 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Abang reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abang is also the 28,889th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 28,678 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18,480 people, or 1 in 9,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 62 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent are found and The Philippines, where 13 percent are found.
Abang Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Abang surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the party.
Abang earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.95% more than the national average, earning $54,348 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abang in the Marathi language | ||
| अभंग | abhanga | - |
| Abang in the Bengali language | ||
| অবং | abam | 50 |
| অবঙ্গ | abanga | 33.33 |
| এবং | ebam | 16.67 |
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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 Abang
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