Wange Surname
Approximately 2,529 people bear this surname
Wange Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 780 | 1:10,453 | 902 |
| India | 368 | 1:2,084,417 | 70,614 |
| DR Congo | 356 | 1:207,527 | 20,581 |
| Indonesia | 245 | 1:539,793 | 43,593 |
| Germany | 239 | 1:336,843 | 33,164 |
| Uganda | 111 | 1:351,705 | 23,045 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| United States | 98 | 1:3,698,561 | 204,970 |
| Sweden | 76 | 1:129,563 | 9,162 |
| Poland | 46 | 1:826,277 | 64,341 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Wangé (2) are calculated separately.
Wange (2,266) may also be a first name.
Wange Demographics
Average Wange Salary in
United States
$46,320 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wange Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wange Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wange (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻧﻲ, Marathi: वांगे) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Wangé. For other potential spellings of Wange click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wange? popularity and diffusion
It is the 170,433rd most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,881,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 31 percent of Wange are found; 31 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 31 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 156,787th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 2,266 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 780 people, or 1 in 10,453. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 35 percent reside, Chimbu, where 26 percent reside and East Sepik, where 11 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 35 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.
Wange Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wange has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wange last name expanded 891 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wange Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wange surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.
The amount Wange earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 27.21% more than the national average, earning 440,257 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.35% more than the national average, earning $46,320 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wange Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wange in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻧﻲ | wany | - |
| Wange in the Marathi language | ||
| वांगे | vange | 87.83 |
| वंगे | vange | 5.29 |
| वनगे | vanage | 4.23 |
| वागे | vage | 1.59 |
| वानगे | vanage | 0.53 |
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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 Wange
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