Taanga Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Taanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 85 | 1:622,843 | 38,112 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Taanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taanga is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,882,912th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Taanga are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Taanga is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 622,843. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Taanga occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 9 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Taanga
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