Yangen Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Yangen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 260 | 1:31,360 | 3,614 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Yangen (18,479) may also be a first name.
Yangen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yangen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yangen (Tibetan: དབྱངས་ཅན།) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yangen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 858,879th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Yangen live; 82 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yangen is also the 40,071st most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 18,479 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 31,360. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 32 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 21 percent live and National Capital District, where 12 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.
Yangen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Yangen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yangen surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yangen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yangen in the Tibetan language | ||
| དབྱངས་ཅན། | yangchen | - |
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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 Yangen
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