Engan Surname
Approximately 2,148 people bear this surname
Engan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 913 | 1:5,632 | 563 |
| Malaysia | 907 | 1:32,518 | 2,751 |
| United States | 223 | 1:1,625,376 | 108,854 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Engañ (1) are calculated separately.
Engan (1,892) may also be a first name.
Engan Demographics
Average Engan Salary in
United States
$40,323 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Engan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Engan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Engan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﺎﻥ, Hindi: ऐंगन, Russian: Энган) has its highest incidence in Norway. It can appear as a variant: Engañ. For other potential spellings of Engan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Engan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 195,367th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,392,712 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 45 percent of Engan reside; 45 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Engan is also the 174,772nd most frequently held forename globally, held by 1,892 people.
The last name Engan is most prevalent in Norway, where it is carried by 913 people, or 1 in 5,632. In Norway Engan is mostly found in: Central Norway, where 47 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 22 percent live and Northern Norway, where 18 percent live. Outside of Norway this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 42 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Engan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Engan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Engan surname rose 1,312 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Engan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Engan last name are 26.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.58% registered with the political party.
The amount Engan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 11.54% less than the national average, earning 306,138 kr per year and in United States they earn 6.55% less than the national average, earning $40,323 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Engan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Engan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻜﺎﻥ | ankan | - |
| Engan in the Hindi language | ||
| ऐंगन | aingana | - |
| Engan in the Russian language | ||
| Энган | engan | - |
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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 Engan
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