Atangu Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Atangu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Atangu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atangu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atangu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atangu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Atangu live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Atangu is mostly found in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Atangu
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