Launga Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Launga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Launga (2,022) may also be a first name.
Launga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Launga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Launga (Hindi: लौंगा) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Launga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Launga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Launga is the 1,573,888th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Launga are found; 82 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 167,977th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 2,022 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 1,247,634. In Indonesia Launga is most numerous in: Gorontalo, where 41 percent live, North Maluku, where 23 percent live and Maluku, where 15 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Launga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Launga in the Hindi language | ||
| लौंगा | launga | 98.39 |
| लौगा | lauga | 0.4 |
| लौंग | launga | 0.16 |
| लउँगा | la'umga | 0.16 |
| लौंग्ा | launga | 0.08 |
| लोंगा | longa | 0.08 |
| लौन्गा | laun'ga | 0.08 |
| लउंगा | la'unga | 0.08 |
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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 Launga
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