Apanga Surname
Approximately 1,061 people bear this surname
Apanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Congo | 148 | 1:33,710 | 3,314 |
| Cameroon | 105 | 1:197,801 | 20,464 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Apanga (24) may also be a first name.
Apanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Apanga (Bengali: অপাঙ্গ) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Apanga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Apanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Apanga is the 345,133rd most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,868,564 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Apanga live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 24 people.
The surname Apanga is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Beside Ghana Apanga occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 19 percent live and The Congo, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Apanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Apanga in the Bengali language | ||
| অপাঙ্গ | apanga | - |
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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 Apanga
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