Nangen Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Nangen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Nangen (3,885) may also be a first name.
Nangen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nangen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nangen (Oriya: ନାେ) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nangen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Nangen reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 112,518th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 3,885 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 133,667. In Papua New Guinea Nangen is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 59 percent are found, West Sepik, where 18 percent are found and East Sepik, where 11 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nangen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nangen in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାେ | nae | - |
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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 Nangen
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