Adangan Surname

518,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Adangan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adangan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda6271:62,2647,152
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Adangan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Adangan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Adangan is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adangan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 518,137th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,585,924 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adangan live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 62,264. In Uganda Adangan is mostly concentrated in: Pallisa District, where 74 percent live, Bukedea District, where 10 percent live and Kumi District, where 8 percent live. Excluding Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 0 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

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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 Adangan
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