Pangapanga Surname
Approximately 493 people bear this surname
Pangapanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 300 | 1:176,472 | 15,403 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pangapanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pangapanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pangapanga occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pangapanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 622,538th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,782,040 people. The last name Pangapanga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pangapanga are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 176,472. In Tanzania Pangapanga is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 56 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 41 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pangapaga | 95 | 1 | / |
| Phangaphanga | 91 | 655 | / |
| Panapana | 89 | 351 | / |
| Pagapaga | 89 | 9 | / |
| Panapaana | 84 | 20 | / |
| Panappana | 84 | 4 | / |
| Panapanna | 84 | 2 | / |
| Pongaponga | 80 | 125 | / |
| Ponnapana | 74 | 1 | / |
| Phanatphatna | 73 | 21 | / |
| Phangophango | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pongapongo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Pannoppanat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pagopago | 67 | 1 | / |
| Painapoina | 60 | 3 | / |
| Ponapona | 56 | 3 | / |
| Phongophongo | 55 | 2 | / |
| Ponnapoina | 50 | 8 | / |
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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 Pangapanga
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