Abanga Surname
Approximately 8,548 people bear this surname
Abanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4,641 | 1:5,822 | 805 |
| Chad | 1,348 | 1:10,083 | 1,325 |
| DR Congo | 1,259 | 1:58,681 | 7,001 |
| Cameroon | 772 | 1:26,903 | 3,664 |
| Nigeria | 276 | 1:641,822 | 30,209 |
| Kenya | 140 | 1:329,856 | 20,127 |
| Uganda | 57 | 1:684,900 | 34,656 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Abanga (1,492) may also be a first name.
Abanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abanga (Hindi: अबंगा, Marathi: अभंग, Oriya: ଆବାଂଗ) is found most frequently in Ghana. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Abanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 59,044th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 852,544 people. Abanga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abanga live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abanga is also the 201,335th most widespread forename internationally, held by 1,492 people.
The last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 4,641 people, or 1 in 5,822. Not including Ghana it is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 16 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abanga in the Hindi language | ||
| अबंगा | abanga | - |
| Abanga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆବାଂଗ | abanga | - |
| Abanga in the Marathi language | ||
| अभंग | abhanga | - |
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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 Abanga
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