Pangs Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Pangs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
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 last name Pangs occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pangs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Pangs occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Pangs are found; 33 percent are found in Southern Africa and 33 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Pangs is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 25 people.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Pangs is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 50 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname 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 frequency of Pangs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pangs last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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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