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
Gangen (Hindi: गंगें, Russian: Ганген) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gangen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,148,257th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. The surname Gangen occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gangen live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 170,190th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 1,977 people.
This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 276,417. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 53 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent live and Gauteng, where 7 percent live. Not including South Africa Gangen occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Gangen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gangen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gangen last name contracted 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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