Yangyang Surname

169,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,538 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Yangyang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yangyang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2,3581:42,9346,840
China1131:12,100,191733
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Yangyang (308,652) may also be a first name.

Yangyang Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yangyang Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yangyang (Tibetan: དབྱངས་དབྱངས།) occurs most in The Philippines. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yangyang? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yangyang is the 169,950th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,871,373 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Yangyang are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,376th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 308,652 people.

The surname Yangyang is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 2,358 people, or 1 in 42,934. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Western Visayas, where 24 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 15 percent live and Central Visayas, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in China, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Yangyang Last Name Statistics demography

Yangyang earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.51% less than the national average, earning $36,025 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yiangyang9480/
Yangyaung941/
Yaangyang941/
Yangyong8840/
Yongyang8811/
Yiangyong82171/
Yangyoung821/
Yiangyongk781/
Yongyong7594/
Yandjang755/
Jangyong751/
Jangyoung711/
Youngyoung672/
Hyoungyong671/
Jongyong638/
Jongyank633/
Yondjang502/
Yamdjong501/
Yamdjang501/

Yangyang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yangyang in the Tibetan language
དབྱངས་དབྱངས།yangyang50
ཡང་ཡང་།yangyang50

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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
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  • 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 Yangyang
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