Kangang Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Kangang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 98 | 1:211,929 | 21,585 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kangang (53) may also be a first name.
Kangang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kangang is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,465,390th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Kangang live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kangang is also the 1,366,219th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 53 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 211,929. In Cameroon Kangang is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 49 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 42 percent reside and West Region, where 4 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kangang
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