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
The surname Zalang (Marathi: झलंग) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 674,066th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,450,442 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Zalang reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 49 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 13 people.
The last name Zalang is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 430 people, or 1 in 48,300. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 84 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and Far North Region, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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