Banyang Surname

448,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 759 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Banyang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banyang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia5721:51,5634,011
Thailand1711:413,09072,457
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Banyang (1,196) may also be a first name.

Banyang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Banyang occurs most in Malaysia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Banyang? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 448,561st most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,601,510 people. The last name Banyang is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Banyang reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Banyang is also the 229,161st most common given name internationally It is held by 1,196 people.

This surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 572 people, or 1 in 51,563. In Malaysia Banyang is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 94 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent reside and Johor, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia Banyang occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 23 percent reside and Iran, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Banyang
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