Yangan Surname
Approximately 726 people bear this surname
Yangan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 551 | 1:183,735 | 29,484 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90 | 1:90,597 | 12,060 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Yañgan (4) are calculated separately.
Yangan (9,927) may also be a first name.
Yangan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yangan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yangan (Marathi: यंगन) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Yañgan. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yangan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 464,191st most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 10,037,942 people. The surname Yangan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Yangan live; 78 percent live in Southeast Asia and 71 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Yangan is also the 61,552nd most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 9,927 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 551 people, or 1 in 183,735. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Davao Region, where 21 percent live, Central Visayas, where 17 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 15 percent live. Barring The Philippines this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yangan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yangan in the Marathi language | ||
| यंगन | yangana | - |
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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 Yangan
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