Canga Surname
Approximately 26,913 people bear this surname
Canga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 22,677 | 1:1,190 | 206 |
| Spain | 847 | 1:55,197 | 5,096 |
| Colombia | 830 | 1:57,559 | 2,758 |
| Ecuador | 707 | 1:22,498 | 3,076 |
| Argentina | 387 | 1:110,448 | 9,321 |
| South Africa | 301 | 1:179,992 | 19,765 |
| Venezuela | 194 | 1:155,691 | 4,733 |
| Albania | 170 | 1:17,142 | 3,005 |
| Haiti | 135 | 1:79,140 | 4,135 |
| United States | 122 | 1:2,970,975 | 173,956 |
| Peru | 98 | 1:324,328 | 11,673 |
| Philippines | 77 | 1:1,314,782 | 98,554 |
| Mexico | 51 | 1:2,433,847 | 20,676 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Italy | 30 | 1:2,038,556 | 89,453 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Guatemala | 14 | 1:1,148,762 | 5,372 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Çanga (2,064), Cangá (8) & Cangà (2) are calculated separately.
Canga (1,620) may also be a first name.
Canga Demographics
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Canga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canga (Hindi: चांगा) is carried by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Çanga, Cangá or Cangà. Click here to see other possible spellings of Canga.
How Common Is The Last Name Canga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 20,318th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 270,782 people. The last name Canga is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Canga live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 191,847th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 1,620 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Angola, where it is held by 22,677 people, or 1 in 1,190. Barring Angola this surname occurs in 51 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 3 percent reside and Colombia, where 3 percent reside.
Canga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Canga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Canga last name rose 12,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Canga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Canga surname are 33.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 86.67% registered with the party.
The amount Canga earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 6.24% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,176 per year; in South Africa they earn 40.1% less than the national average, earning R 142,344 per year; in Colombia they earn 35.55% less than the national average, earning $14,632,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 5.11% less than the national average, earning $40,944 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Canga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Canga in the Hindi language | ||
| चांगा | canga | - |
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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 Canga
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