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
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Zango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zango Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zango (Marathi: झांगो, Tibetan: བཟང་མགོ།) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Zángó. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zango? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,550th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 163,062 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Zango are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zango is also the 151,715th most numerous forename at a global level It is held by 2,394 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 27,430 people, or 1 in 669. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Nord Region, where 33 percent reside, Centre-Nord Region, where 17 percent reside and Sahel Region, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso this last name exists in 47 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 21 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Zango Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Zango last name is chiefly Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Zango surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the 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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