Pangs Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pangs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pangs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pangs (25) may also be a first name.

Pangs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pangs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pangs is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pangs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of Pangs live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 33 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 25 people.

The last name Pangs is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Pangs is most frequent in: Morobe, where 50 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.

Pangs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pangs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pangs last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pangse9126/
Phangs912/
Pang892,071,028/
Patings8350/
Pangshe8312/
Paing8078,328/
Phang8029,396/
Pongs80641/
Panks80595/
Paung80291/
Peang80280/
Payng80124/
Paang8066/
Pahng8048/
Pangh8047/
Pangk8034/
Hpang806/
Pangt803/
Pangø802/
Pfang801/
Pasng801/
Panng801/
Pangg801/
Pangp801/
Pattings7711/
Paitings771/
Pattengs770/
Passings770/
Pahang733,427/
Pasing73941/
Pangue73882/
Phamng73783/
Pating73659/
Pangke73386/
Pateng73173/
Pahung73161/
Paseng73136/
Paingt7379/
Phaung7356/
Pacing7350/
Phaing7340/
Paßing7328/
Pheang7326/
Bpaing7325/
Peings7324/
Payneg7311/
Phaang737/
Pongse736/
Phongs735/
Phengs734/
Pangch733/
Phanng733/
Pankse732/
P'Aung731/
D'Pang731/
Phangk731/
Paingh731/
Phangx731/
Pauyng731/
Panchs730/
Ponggs730/
Pong6745,723/
Pank672,672/
Panq671,261/
Panc671,200/
Paching67879/
Passing67705/
Phasing67239/
Phateng67233/
Patting67146/
Paising67132/
Pasingh6763/
Phating6762/
Paiting6751/
Pausing6736/
Pangova6731/
Phangch6724/
Pamg6720/
Pagging6715/
Pangowa6710/
Pateeng677/
Pankshe677/
Paysing677/
Pauting677/
Páng677/
Payseng676/
Pacheng676/
Passeng675/
Pangkhe673/
Payting672/
Pauteng671/
Pfoings671/
Paingue671/
Posings671/
Phangkp671/
Phaseng671/
Paiteng671/
Pahaang671/
Peating670/

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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 Pangs
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