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
The surname Gadang (Bengali: গাদাং, Marathi: गडंग) is most common in Indonesia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 573,706th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Gadang live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Gadang is also the 361,930th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 542 people.
The last name Gadang is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 567,593. In Indonesia Gadang is primarily found in: West Sumatra, where 61 percent live, West Java, where 8 percent live and East Java, where 6 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 18 percent live and India, where 16 percent live.
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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