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 found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pangs.

How Common Is The Last Name Pangs? popularity and diffusion

Pangs is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 prevalent first name globally, borne by 25 people.

This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Pangs is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 50 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 50 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 22 percent are found.

Pangs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pangs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pangs last name expanded 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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