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
Zangu (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻧﻚ, Hindi: ज़ंगु, Marathi: झंगु, Russian: Зангу) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zangu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 533,524th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,045,530 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Zangu are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 573,164th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 243 people.
It is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Aside from Ghana this surname exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
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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