Phanga Surname
Approximately 1,912 people bear this surname
Phanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,568 | 1:10,918 | 1,687 |
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Phanga (359) may also be a first name.
Phanga Demographics
Average Phanga Salary in
South Africa
R 233,940
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Phanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phanga (Hindi: फंगा, Marathi: पानगा, Oriya: ଫା) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phanga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 215,000th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,811,478 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Phanga reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 459,598th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 359 people.
The last name Phanga is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,568 people, or 1 in 10,918. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phanga Last Name Statistics demography
Phanga earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.56% less than the national average, earning R 233,940 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Phanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Phanga in the Hindi language | ||
| फंगा | phanga | - |
| Phanga in the Marathi language | ||
| पानगा | panaga | - |
| Phanga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫା | pha | 66.67 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 33.33 |
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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 Phanga
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