Rigzang Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Rigzang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rigzang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India111:69,733,217610,955
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Rigzang (10) may also be a first name.

Rigzang Last Name Facts

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

Rigzang (Tibetan: རིག་བཟང་།) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rigzang? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Rigzang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rigzang reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 10 people.

The surname Rigzang is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 69,733,217. In India it is most prevalent in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 100 percent live. Apart from India this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bhutan, where 8 percent live and Thailand, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rigzan921/
Rigsang8610/
Rigzaan861/
Rigchang801/
Rikzan7730/
Riqzan776/
Rigzon771/
Rigjan771/
Rigsanh712/
Rugsang712/
Rekzang711/
Rikzaan711/
Hrigjan711/
Rixan674/
Regtsang673/
Rikshang671/

Rigzang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rigzang in the Tibetan language
རིག་བཟང་།rikzang62.5
རིག་བཟང་rikzang25
རིག་འཛིན།rigdzin12.5

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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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  • 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 Rigzang
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