Zangu Surname
Approximately 605 people bear this surname
Zangu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Zangu (243) may also be a first name.
Zangu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zangu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zangu (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻧﻚ, Hindi: ज़ंगु, Marathi: झंगु, Russian: Зангу) is most common in Ghana. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zangu? popularity and diffusion
Zangu is the 533,524th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 12,045,530 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Zangu live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zangu is also the 573,164th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 243 people.
The last name Zangu is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Beside Ghana this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zangu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zangu in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻧﻚ | znk | - |
| Zangu in the Hindi language | ||
| ज़ंगु | zangu | - |
| Zangu in the Marathi language | ||
| झंगु | jhangu | 30.23 |
| झांगू | jhangu | 27.91 |
| झांगु | jhangu | 25.58 |
| झंगू | jhangu | 16.28 |
| Zangu in the Russian language | ||
| Зангу | zangu | - |
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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 Zangu
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