Tangah Surname
Approximately 529 people bear this surname
Tangah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 288 | 1:102,411 | 6,993 |
| Indonesia | 103 | 1:1,283,973 | 89,572 |
| Cameroon | 91 | 1:228,232 | 22,810 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tangah (67) may also be a first name.
Tangah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tangah occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Tangah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 590,101st most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,776,079 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Tangah reside; 74 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 74 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,191,548th most widely held given name internationally, held by 67 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 102,411. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sabah, where 81 percent reside, Labuan, where 9 percent reside and Sarawak, where 7 percent reside. Other than Malaysia Tangah is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Cameroon, where 17 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
- 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 Tangah
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