Tagayan Surname

454,874th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Tagayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tagayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines7261:139,44723,530
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Armenia61:488,3639,305
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Tagayan (13) may also be a first name.

Tagayan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tagayan (Marathi: तगयन) occurs most in The Philippines. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tagayan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 454,874th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,781,941 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Tagayan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tagayan is also the 3,159,357th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 726 people, or 1 in 139,447. In The Philippines Tagayan is mostly concentrated in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 71 percent are found, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 22 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account The Philippines it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Armenia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tagayan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tagayan in the Marathi language
तगयनtagayana-

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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 Tagayan
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