Phangphang Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Phangphang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phangphang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Phangphang (24) may also be a first name.

Phangphang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phangphang is found most in Lesotho. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Phangphang.

How Common Is The Last Name Phangphang? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phangphang reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name at a global level, held by 24 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 677,519. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Butha-Buthe District, where 100 percent live. Other than Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 25 percent live.

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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 Phangphang
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