Zango Surname
Approximately 44,692 people bear this surname
Zango Surname Definition:
Zango is a surname of the Chokwe tribe, meaning: love.
Zango Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 27,430 | 1:669 | 92 |
| Mozambique | 9,270 | 1:2,941 | 699 |
| DR Congo | 3,434 | 1:21,514 | 2,721 |
| Nigeria | 2,044 | 1:86,665 | 6,073 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Niger | 482 | 1:39,817 | 2,133 |
| Ivory Coast | 206 | 1:111,996 | 5,656 |
| Cameroon | 187 | 1:111,065 | 12,922 |
| Spain | 154 | 1:303,585 | 18,224 |
| Israel | 57 | 1:150,134 | 15,774 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| Zambia | 32 | 1:495,310 | 22,215 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Senegal | 20 | 1:728,967 | 2,654 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Zángó (21) are calculated separately.
Zango (2,394) may also be a first name.
Zango Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Zango is a surname of the Chokwe tribe, meaning: love.
Zango Demographics
Average Zango Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zango Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zango (Marathi: झांगो, Tibetan: བཟང་མགོ།) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Zángó. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zango? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zango is the 12,550th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 163,062 people. The surname Zango occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zango reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 151,715th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 2,394 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 27,430 people, or 1 in 669. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Nord Region, where 33 percent reside, Centre-Nord Region, where 17 percent reside and Sahel Region, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Burkina Faso it exists in 47 countries. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 21 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Zango Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Zango surname is primarily Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Zango surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Zango earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 81.88% less than the national average, earning R 43,068 per year and in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zango Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zango in the Marathi language | ||
| झांगो | jhango | 99.07 |
| नागो | nago | 0.93 |
| Zango in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཟང་མགོ། | zanggo | 50 |
| བཟང་མོ། | zangmo | 50 |
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Footnotes
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