Letanga Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Congo

Letanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Letanga (35) may also be a first name.

Letanga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Letanga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Letanga (Hindi: लेटंगा, Oriya: ତିଗା) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Letanga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Letanga is the 6,723,624th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Letanga reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Letanga is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 35 people.

The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most common in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Letanga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Letanga in the Hindi language
लेटंगाletanga-
Letanga in the Oriya language
ତିଗାtiga-

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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 Letanga
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