Tangai Surname
Approximately 1,351 people bear this surname
Tangai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 388 | 1:119,020 | 9,982 |
| Malaysia | 366 | 1:80,585 | 5,685 |
| Zimbabwe | 354 | 1:43,611 | 6,720 |
| Papua New Guinea | 141 | 1:57,828 | 7,385 |
| Tanzania | 52 | 1:1,018,108 | 45,504 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Tangai (1,657) may also be a first name.
Tangai Demographics
Tangai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tangai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tangai (Hindi: टंगइ, Marathi: तंगई) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tangai is the 284,799th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,394,186 people. The last name Tangai occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Tangai are found; 33 percent are found in East Africa and 32 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 189,202nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 1,657 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 388 people, or 1 in 119,020. In Kenya Tangai is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 63 percent are found, Kwale County, where 30 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 2 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 26 percent are found.
Tangai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (78%) in Kenya.
Tangai earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 11.89% less than the national average, earning R 209,376 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tangai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tangai in the Hindi language | ||
| टंगइ | tanga'i | - |
| Tangai in the Marathi language | ||
| तंगई | tanga'i | 71.43 |
| तंगाई | tanga'i | 14.29 |
| दंगाई | danga'i | 14.29 |
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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 Tangai
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