Cangal Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Cangal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 372 | 1:2,062,004 | 70,087 |
| Iran | 118 | 1:650,699 | 35,122 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Çangal (785) & Čangal (1) are calculated separately.
Cangal (165) may also be a first name.
Cangal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cangal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cangal (Hindi: चंगला) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Çangal or Čangal. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cangal? popularity and diffusion
Cangal is the 620,716th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,722,315 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Cangal live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 712,876th most frequent first name globally, borne by 165 people.
It is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 372 people, or 1 in 2,062,004. In India Cangal is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 88 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 9 percent live and Karnataka, where 3 percent live. Beside India it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cangal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cangal in the Hindi language | ||
| चंगला | cangala | 88.89 |
| चांगला | cangala | 11.11 |
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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 Cangal
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