Pegang Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Pegang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Pegang (206) may also be a first name.
Pegang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pegang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pegang occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pegang.
How Common Is The Last Name Pegang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pegang is the 1,612,213th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 51 percent of Pegang live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 48 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 630,600th most numerous forename on earth, held by 206 people.
Pegang is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 53 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 42 percent are found and West Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and Malaysia, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Pegang
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