Shang Surname
Approximately 1,575,319 people bear this surname
Shang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1,560,847 | 1:876 | 113 |
| Taiwan | 3,351 | 1:6,996 | 147 |
| Thailand | 2,737 | 1:25,809 | 2,402 |
| United States | 1,687 | 1:214,854 | 20,940 |
| Singapore | 1,365 | 1:4,035 | 299 |
| Hong Kong | 984 | 1:7,455 | 278 |
| Cameroon | 764 | 1:27,185 | 3,697 |
| Malaysia | 509 | 1:57,945 | 4,399 |
| Canada | 504 | 1:73,106 | 8,302 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Australia | 322 | 1:83,838 | 9,718 |
| Macau | 293 | 1:2,053 | 219 |
| Indonesia | 222 | 1:595,717 | 47,390 |
| Japan | 141 | 1:906,697 | 19,182 |
| England | 140 | 1:397,986 | 27,485 |
| Afghanistan | 90 | 1:357,258 | 5,295 |
| Spain | 86 | 1:543,628 | 26,445 |
| New Zealand | 75 | 1:60,378 | 9,390 |
| United Arab Emirates | 75 | 1:122,164 | 10,258 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Brunei | 41 | 1:10,213 | 1,246 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 84 | 1:597,841 | 40,179 |
Shang (234,566) may also be a first name.
Shang Demographics
Shang Political Affiliation
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Shang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shang (Arabic: شانغ, Hindi: शांग, Marathi: शांग, Russian: Шанг) is most common in China. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 336th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,626 people. Shang is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shang reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 4,468th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 234,566 people.
This last name is most numerous in China, where it is borne by 1,560,847 people, or 1 in 876. Without taking into account China this surname is found in 88 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 0 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.
Shang Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shang has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shang last name rose 2,008 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,556 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 160 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shang Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shang last name are 7.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.56% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shang earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 9.23% less than the national average, earning 314,151 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 35.48% more than the national average, earning R 321,960 per year; in United States they earn 28.84% more than the national average, earning $55,594 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.01% more than the national average, earning $51,179 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shang in the Marathi language | ||
| शांग | sanga | - |
| Shang in the Hindi language | ||
| शांग | sanga | 50 |
| शंग | sanga | 50 |
| Shang in the Russian language | ||
| Шанг | sang | - |
| Shang in the Arabic language | ||
| شانغ | shangh | - |
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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 Shang
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