Nihang Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Nihang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nihang (542) may also be a first name.
Nihang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nihang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nihang (Bengali: নিঃঅং, Hindi: निहंग, Marathi: िनहांग) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nihang? popularity and diffusion
Nihang is the 4,116,508th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Nihang is predominantly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Nihang reside; 65 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 361,930th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 542 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 57 percent live, Assam, where 7 percent live and Jharkhand, where 7 percent live. Apart from India this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and Benin, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nihang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nihang in the Bengali language | ||
| নিঃঅং | niham | - |
| Nihang in the Hindi language | ||
| निहंग | nihanga | - |
| Nihang in the Marathi language | ||
| िनहांग | inahanga | 75 |
| िनहंग | inahanga | 25 |
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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 Nihang
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