Yamang Surname
Approximately 584 people bear this surname
Yamang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 287 | 1:28,410 | 3,214 |
| Thailand | 118 | 1:598,630 | 101,799 |
| Indonesia | 103 | 1:1,283,973 | 89,572 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yamang (2,728) may also be a first name.
Yamang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yamang occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 547,713th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,478,675 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 49 percent of Yamang are found; 49 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 49 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yamang is also the 140,033rd most widely held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 2,728 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 28,410. In Papua New Guinea Yamang is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 62 percent reside, Morobe, where 16 percent reside and East Sepik, where 8 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 20 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Yamang
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