Banang Surname
Approximately 1,173 people bear this surname
Banang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 553 | 1:37,557 | 5,024 |
| Philippines | 183 | 1:553,214 | 62,319 |
| Indonesia | 177 | 1:747,171 | 57,374 |
| Papua New Guinea | 117 | 1:69,690 | 9,084 |
| Malaysia | 69 | 1:427,453 | 22,065 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Banang (419) may also be a first name.
Banang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Banang (Marathi: बंग, Oriya: ବାନା) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Banang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Banang is the 318,950th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,212,742 people. The last name Banang is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Banang live; 37 percent live in Southeast Asia and 21 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 419,838th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 419 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 553 people, or 1 in 37,557. In Cameroon Banang is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 44 percent live, Centre Region, where 20 percent live and Littoral Region, where 13 percent live. Not including Cameroon Banang occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banang in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାନା | bana | - |
| Banang in the Marathi language | ||
| बंग | banga | - |
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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 Banang
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