Pangay Surname
Approximately 610 people bear this surname
Pangay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 551 | 1:28,867 | 3,577 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Pañgay (1) are calculated separately.
Pangay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pangay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pangay (Hindi: पांगया, Tibetan: སྤང་རྒྱས།) is carried by more people in Ecuador than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Pañgay. Click here for further possible spellings of Pangay.
How Common Is The Last Name Pangay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 530,215th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,946,797 people. Pangay is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Pangay are found; 90 percent are found in South America and 90 percent are found in Andean South America.
This surname is most frequently used in Ecuador, where it is held by 551 people, or 1 in 28,867. In Ecuador it is most prevalent in: Loja Province, where 36 percent reside, El Oro Province, where 22 percent reside and Pichincha Province, where 12 percent reside. Besides Ecuador this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 7 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pangay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pangay in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྤང་རྒྱས། | panggyé | - |
| Pangay in the Hindi language | ||
| पांगया | pangaya | - |
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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 Pangay
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