Tangalu Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tangalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tangalu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
India191:40,371,862445,856
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Tangalu (64) may also be a first name.

Tangalu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tangalu (Hindi: तंगलु, Marathi: तंगलु, Oriya: ମୁକ୍ତାତାଲୁ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangalu? popularity and diffusion

Tangalu is the 3,017,195th most numerous family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Tangalu is primarily found in Africa, where 52 percent of Tangalu reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 64 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Tangalu is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 82 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found and Gombe, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 45 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tangalu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tangalu in the Hindi language
तंगलुtangalu-
Tangalu in the Marathi language
तंगलुtangalu-
Tangalu in the Oriya language
ମୁକ୍ତାତାଲୁmuktatalu33.33
ମାତାଲୁmatalu33.33
କାିର୍କତାଳୁkairkatalu33.33

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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 Tangalu
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