Zalanga Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Zalanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Zalanga (67) may also be a first name.
Zalanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zalanga (Marathi: झळंगा) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Zalanga is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Zalanga reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 67 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bauchi, where 67 percent live, Gombe, where 27 percent live and Zamfara, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Zalanga occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zalanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zalanga in the Marathi language | ||
| झळंगा | 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 Zalanga
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