Minangkabau Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Minangkabau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 353 | 1:374,644 | 32,082 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Minangkabau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Minangkabau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Minangkabau is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Minangkabau.
How Common Is The Last Name Minangkabau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 794,916th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Minangkabau reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
Minangkabau is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 353 people, or 1 in 374,644. In Indonesia Minangkabau is most numerous in: Maluku, where 60 percent are found and North Maluku, where 38 percent are found. Barring Indonesia Minangkabau exists in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manangkaba | 86 | 6 | / |
| Minankabhai | 82 | 1 | / |
| Manangkabo | 76 | 75 | / |
| Manangkib | 70 | 3 | / |
| Minacenkova | 64 | 1 | / |
| Minachenkova | 61 | 18 | / |
| Minaychenkova | 58 | 22 | / |
| Mynachenkova | 52 | 7 | / |
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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 Minangkabau
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