Pingu Surname
Approximately 542 people bear this surname
Pingu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 260 | 1:203,622 | 17,328 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| India | 93 | 1:8,248,015 | 171,602 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Pingu (186) may also be a first name.
Pingu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pingu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pingu (Hindi: पिंगू, Oriya: ପିଂଗୁ) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pingu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pingu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 579,404th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,445,657 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Pingu are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 186 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 203,622. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 63 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 30 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and India, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pingu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pingu in the Oriya language | ||
| ପିଂଗୁ | pingu | 37.5 |
| ପିୁା | piua | 25 |
| ପିୁ | piu | 25 |
| ପିୂ | piu | 12.5 |
| Pingu in the Hindi language | ||
| पिंगू | pingu | 33.33 |
| पिन्गु | pin'gu | 25 |
| पिंगु | pingu | 25 |
| पिन्गू | pin'gu | 16.67 |
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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
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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 Pingu
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