Kangs Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kangs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kangs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Kangs (36) may also be a first name.

Kangs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kangs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kangs (Bengali: কংস) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kangs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kangs is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 33 percent of Kangs reside; 22 percent reside in West Africa and 22 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 36 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 50 percent reside and Plateau, where 50 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Kangs occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent reside and Taiwan, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kangse915/
Kang's911/
Kaungs911/
Kaings910/
Kangshe832/
Kangshh831/
Kongs80241/
Kancs8058/
Kanks804/
Keatings77605/
Kongsø7352/
Kongse732/
Kanksh732/
Konkgs731/
Quangs730/
Canngs730/
Khongsp674/
Kongsås673/
Casings672/
Kanquse671/
Catings670/
Koinngs670/

Kangs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kangs in the Bengali language
কংসkansa-

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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 Kangs
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