van Nga Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van Nga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Nga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: van Ngà (1) are calculated separately.

van Nga (14) may also be a first name.

van Nga Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Nga is found most in Malaysia. It can also appear in the variant forms: van Ngà. Click here for other potential spellings of van Nga.

How Common Is The Last Name van Nga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of van Nga are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 14 people.

The last name van Nga is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia van Nga is most prevalent in: Johor, where 50 percent live and Selangor, where 50 percent live. Barring Malaysia it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 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 van Nga
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