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 is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 547,713th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,478,675 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 49 percent of Yamang live; 49 percent live in Oceania Islands and 49 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 140,033rd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 2,728 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 28,410. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 62 percent live, Morobe, where 16 percent live and East Sepik, where 8 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 20 percent live and Indonesia, where 18 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 Yamang
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