Parangan Surname

185,616th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Palau

Parangan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parangan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1,6711:60,58510,214
Indonesia4241:311,90827,508
United States1411:2,570,631155,955
India201:38,353,269431,471
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
England11:55,718,059489,080
Palau11:21,643223
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Parañgan (7) are calculated separately.

Parangan (105) may also be a first name.

Parangan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Parangan (Marathi: परांगण) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Parañgan. Click here for other possible spellings of Parangan.

How Common Is The Last Name Parangan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 185,616th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,192,092 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Parangan are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Parangan is also the 920,134th most commonly used given name worldwide, held by 105 people.

The last name is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,671 people, or 1 in 60,585. In The Philippines Parangan is primarily concentrated in: Cagayan Valley, where 16 percent reside, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 12 percent reside and Central Visayas, where 11 percent reside. Barring The Philippines this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Parangan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Parangan last name are 39.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.18% being registered to vote for the party.

Parangan earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.48% more than the national average, earning $61,479 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Parangan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parangan in the Marathi language
परांगणparangana-

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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
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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 Parangan
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