Jang Surname
Approximately 582,966 people bear this surname
Jang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 532,874 | 1:47 | 8 |
| United States | 9,196 | 1:39,415 | 4,855 |
| South Sudan | 6,870 | 1:1,662 | 331 |
| South Korea | 5,679 | 1:9,023 | 102 |
| India | 5,539 | 1:138,484 | 8,847 |
| Thailand | 2,917 | 1:24,216 | 2,212 |
| Canada | 2,473 | 1:14,899 | 2,181 |
| Nigeria | 2,208 | 1:80,228 | 5,694 |
| Pakistan | 2,098 | 1:85,150 | 2,876 |
| Myanmar | 1,983 | 1:26,192 | 466 |
| Vietnam | 1,784 | 1:51,932 | 562 |
| Singapore | 1,485 | 1:3,709 | 281 |
| Hong Kong | 1,237 | 1:5,930 | 253 |
| Indonesia | 1,131 | 1:116,931 | 11,839 |
| Australia | 858 | 1:31,464 | 4,184 |
| Malaysia | 648 | 1:45,516 | 3,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 340 | 1:26,948 | 3,000 |
| Japan | 316 | 1:404,571 | 12,961 |
| Afghanistan | 293 | 1:109,738 | 2,717 |
| China | 281 | 1:4,865,913 | 451 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| New Zealand | 267 | 1:16,960 | 2,965 |
| Brazil | 261 | 1:820,208 | 29,701 |
| England | 180 | 1:309,545 | 23,336 |
| Germany | 178 | 1:452,278 | 40,070 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Philippines | 100 | 1:1,012,382 | 86,556 |
| Taiwan | 84 | 1:279,104 | 2,295 |
| Spain | 80 | 1:584,400 | 27,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77 | 1:105,892 | 14,318 |
| Netherlands | 75 | 1:225,162 | 29,957 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| France | 56 | 1:1,186,120 | 124,657 |
| Belize | 42 | 1:8,464 | 1,194 |
| Italy | 42 | 1:1,456,112 | 80,162 |
| Mauritius | 41 | 1:31,547 | 6,386 |
| Chile | 39 | 1:451,704 | 11,842 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Russia | 39 | 1:3,695,463 | 185,353 |
| Ecuador | 37 | 1:429,888 | 10,240 |
| Georgia | 35 | 1:107,016 | 9,047 |
| Kazakhstan | 33 | 1:535,833 | 38,572 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 25 | 1:54,559 | 4,614 |
| Iran | 23 | 1:3,338,371 | 97,100 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 17 | 1:3,211 | 341 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 1:603,062 | 7,396 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Jang (53,395) may also be a first name.
Jang Demographics
Average Jang Salary in
United States
$51,004 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jang (Hindi: जंग, Marathi: जंग, Tibetan: བྱང་) occurs more in North Korea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 909th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,501 people. The last name Jang is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Jang reside; 93 percent reside in East Asia and 92 percent reside in Koreanic Asia. Jang is also the 17,496th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 53,395 people.
The last name is most widely held in North Korea, where it is borne by 532,874 people, or 1 in 47. Outside of North Korea this surname exists in 109 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and South Sudan, where 1 percent live.
Jang Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jang has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jang last name grew 114,950 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 500 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Jang Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Jang last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Jang surname are 4.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58% registered with the political party.
The amount Jang earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.46% less than the national average, earning 212,974 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 77.53% more than the national average, earning R 421,884 per year; in United States they earn 18.2% more than the national average, earning $51,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $56,202 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jang in the Hindi language | ||
| जंग | janga | 99.64 |
| जग | jaga | 0.06 |
| जांग | janga | 0.04 |
| जंग्ा | janga | 0.01 |
| Jang in the Marathi language | ||
| जंग | janga | 93.18 |
| जंंग | jamnga | 4.55 |
| जांग | janga | 2.27 |
| Jang in the Tibetan language | ||
| བྱང་ | jang | 46.15 |
| ཇང་ | jang | 34.62 |
| བྱངས་ | jang | 7.69 |
| ཇཱང་ | jang | 7.69 |
| རྒྱང་ | gyang | 3.85 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Jang
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