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 surname Tangah is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 590,101st most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Tangah reside; 74 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 74 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tangah is also the 1,191,548th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 67 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 102,411. In Malaysia Tangah is primarily concentrated in: Sabah, where 81 percent are found, Labuan, where 9 percent are found and Sarawak, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
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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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