Lungay Surname
Approximately 2,961 people bear this surname
Lungay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,852 | 1:35,497 | 5,405 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
The alternate forms: Luñgay (11) are calculated separately.
Lungay (19) may also be a first name.
Lungay Demographics
Average Lungay Salary in
United States
$38,107 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lungay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lungay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lungay (Hindi: लौंग, Tibetan: ལུང་རྒྱས།) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Luñgay. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lungay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 149,207th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,461,177 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Lungay are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Lungay is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 19 people.
The last name Lungay is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is held by 2,852 people, or 1 in 35,497. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 26 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 20 percent reside and Davao Region, where 14 percent reside. Besides The Philippines it is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Singapore, where 1 percent reside.
Lungay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lungay surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lungay earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.69% less than the national average, earning $38,107 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $38,000 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lungay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lungay in the Hindi language | ||
| लौंग | launga | - |
| Lungay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལུང་རྒྱས། | lunggyé | 55.56 |
| ལུང་རྒྱས་ | lunggyé | 33.33 |
| རླུང་རྒྱས། | lunggyé | 11.11 |
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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 Lungay
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