Yanga
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Yanga is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From yanga. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 14K
- TZTanzania≈1 in 41K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 88 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From yanga. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yanga counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈6,300 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Yanga | 55 |
| CM Cameroon | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Yanga | 4 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Yanga | 11 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 160K | — | Yanga | 15 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 129K | — | Yanga | 45 |
| CF Central African Republic | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 49K | 1 | — | — |
| GA Gabon | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 108K | 5 | — | — |
| ES Spain | 13 | 1 in 3.8M | 13 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); ANE — Liste provisoire des candidats (legislatives & regionales 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Yanga is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In pam, type of earthen jar used to store rice for making busa
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In jam, A dance with a fast rhythm.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, flowerpot
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In umb, triumph, brag
as a wordVocabulary of the Umbundu Language
In umb, triumph
as a wordVocabulary of the Umbundu Language
In umb, brag
as a wordVocabulary of the Umbundu Language
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gaspar Yangab. 1545ESleader of a maroon colony near Veracruz, Mexico
- Mariano Yangab. 1925PHbadminton player
- Oscar Yangab. 1930PHbadminton player
- Armando Yangab. 1937PHbadminton player
- Binny Yangab. 1958INIndian social worker
- Danny Yangab. 1983NLDutch actor, presenter and model
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 13 | #105,312 |
| GA Gabon | Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative) | 2025 | 5 | #90 |
| CF Central African Republic | ANE — Liste provisoire des candidats (legislatives & regionales 2025) | 2025 | 1 | #7 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yanga mean, and where does it come from?
- From yanga. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Yanga have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.3 thousand people named Yanga in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yanga.
- How common is the name Yanga?
- In Spain, the national register counted 13 people named Yanga, about 1 in 3.8 million residents.
What do you want to know about Yanga?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yangaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yanga”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.