Bangka Surname
Approximately 473 people bear this surname
Bangka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 304 | 1:435,030 | 36,412 |
| Philippines | 92 | 1:1,100,415 | 90,271 |
| Thailand | 38 | 1:1,858,904 | 228,660 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bangka (593) may also be a first name.
Bangka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bangka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bangka (Bengali: বাংকা, Hindi: बङका, Tibetan: བང་ཀ།) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bangka.
How Common Is The Last Name Bangka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 642,034th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 15,407,074 people. Bangka occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Bangka are found; 92 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 81 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bangka is also the 343,462nd most frequently used forename world-wide, held by 593 people.
The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 435,030. In Indonesia Bangka is most frequent in: South Sulawesi, where 40 percent live, North Sulawesi, where 17 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 11 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 19 percent live and Thailand, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bangka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bangka in the Hindi language | ||
| बङका | banaka | 99.51 |
| बङ़का | banaka | 0.49 |
| Bangka in the Tibetan language | ||
| བང་ཀ། | bangka | 66.67 |
| སྦང་ཀ། | bangka | 33.33 |
| Bangka in the Bengali language | ||
| বাংকা | banka | 50 |
| বংাকা | bamaka | 50 |
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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 Bangka
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