Taghen Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Taghen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Taghen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taghen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taghen is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taghen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Taghen occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Taghen are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Taghen is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Taghen is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 64 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 30 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Taghen
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