Wangan Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wangan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
China31:455,773,85521,925
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wangan (4,716) may also be a first name.

Wangan Last Name Facts

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

Wangan is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 43 percent of Wangan live; 43 percent live in Oceania Islands and 43 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wangan is also the 99,731st most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 4,716 people.

The last name Wangan is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 35 percent reside, Madang, where 31 percent reside and Enga, where 19 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Taiwan, where 7 percent reside.

Wangan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wangan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wangan surname expanded 375 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wangan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wangan last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the party.

Wangan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.42% less than the national average, earning $42,969 USD per year.

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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 Wangan
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