Zalang Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Zalang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 430 | 1:48,300 | 6,319 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Zalang (13) may also be a first name.
Zalang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zalang (Marathi: झलंग) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 674,066th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Zalang reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 49 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Zalang is also the 3,159,357th most common first name at a global level It is held by 13 people.
The last name Zalang is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 48,300. In Cameroon Zalang is most numerous in: East Region, where 84 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and Far North Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zalang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zalang in the Marathi language | ||
| झलंग | jhalanga | - |
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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
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- 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 Zalang
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