Tagalog Surname

37,293rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Tagalog Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tagalog Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines13,7681:7,353664
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United States921:3,939,771214,590
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Tagalog (23) may also be a first name.

Tagalog Last Name Facts

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

Tagalog is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tagalog? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tagalog is the 37,293rd most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 516,042 people. The surname Tagalog is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tagalog live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous given name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 13,768 people, or 1 in 7,353. In The Philippines Tagalog is most common in: Central Visayas, where 31 percent live, Davao Region, where 13 percent live and Eastern Visayas, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines it occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Tagalog Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tagalog last name are 5.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.82% registered with the party.

The amount Tagalog earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.9% less than the national average, earning $42,330 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.1% more than the national average, earning $57,682 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tagalag86707/
Tagolog8681/
Tagalox861/
Togalog861/
Tongalog8052/
Tagalak7110/
Tagalac711/
Tangalak6772/
Tongalag6730/
Thagalak674/
Thagalaukh591/
Tagolak573/
Togolok571/
Teegalaq531/
Tongalyuk5022/

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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 Tagalog
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