Gadang Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Gadang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 233 | 1:567,593 | 45,468 |
| Philippines | 99 | 1:1,022,608 | 86,972 |
| India | 86 | 1:8,919,365 | 180,249 |
| Malaysia | 78 | 1:378,131 | 19,929 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gadang (542) may also be a first name.
Gadang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gadang (Bengali: গাদাং, Marathi: गडंग) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadang? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gadang is the 573,706th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Gadang are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 57 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Gadang is also the 361,930th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 542 people.
This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 567,593. In Indonesia Gadang is most prevalent in: West Sumatra, where 61 percent reside, West Java, where 8 percent reside and East Java, where 6 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 18 percent reside and India, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gadang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gadang in the Bengali language | ||
| গাদাং | gadam | - |
| Gadang in the Marathi language | ||
| गडंग | gadanga | - |
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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 Gadang
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