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 can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bangka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 642,034th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 15,407,074 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Bangka reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 81 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 343,462nd most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 593 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 435,030. In Indonesia Bangka is most prevalent in: South Sulawesi, where 40 percent reside, North Sulawesi, where 17 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia Bangka is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and Thailand, where 8 percent reside.
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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