Gangen Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Gangen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 196 | 1:276,417 | 27,312 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Gangen (1,977) may also be a first name.
Gangen Demographics
Average Gangen Salary in
South Africa
R 234,780
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gangen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gangen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gangen (Hindi: गंगें, Russian: Ганген) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gangen.
How Common Is The Last Name Gangen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,148,257th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gangen reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gangen is also the 170,190th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 1,977 people.
The last name Gangen is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 276,417. In South Africa Gangen is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 53 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent are found and Gauteng, where 7 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Gangen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gangen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gangen surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gangen Last Name Statistics demography
Gangen earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.2% less than the national average, earning R 234,780 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gangen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gangen in the Hindi language | ||
| गंगें | gangem | - |
| Gangen in the Russian language | ||
| Ганген | gangen | - |
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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 Gangen
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