Jahang Surname
Approximately 520 people bear this surname
Jahang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 225 | 1:793,973 | 11,318 |
| Indonesia | 141 | 1:937,938 | 69,491 |
| Philippines | 140 | 1:723,130 | 72,541 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
Jahang (403) may also be a first name.
Jahang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jahang (Hindi: जहांग, Marathi: जहांग-या) is found most in Pakistan. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahang? popularity and diffusion
Jahang is the 598,302nd most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,014,511 people. Jahang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jahang reside; 55 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 45 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jahang is also the 429,755th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 403 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 225 people, or 1 in 793,973. In Pakistan Jahang is most numerous in: Punjab, where 76 percent reside, Sindh, where 12 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent reside. Besides Pakistan Jahang is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and The Philippines, where 27 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahang in the Marathi language | ||
| जहांग-या | jahanga-ya | 81.82 |
| जहांग | jahanga | 4.55 |
| पठाण | pathana | 4.55 |
| जाहांग-या | jahanga-ya | 4.55 |
| जाहंग-या | jahanga-ya | 4.55 |
| Jahang in the Hindi language | ||
| जहांग | jahanga | 66.67 |
| जाहंगा | jahanga | 33.33 |
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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 Jahang
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