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 last name Pangs is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pangs? popularity and diffusion

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

Pangs is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Morobe, where 50 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 50 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea Pangs occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 22 percent are found.

Pangs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pangs has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the 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
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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 Pangs
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