Tanganika Surname
Approximately 1,099 people bear this surname
Tanganika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,006 | 1:73,439 | 8,576 |
| Zambia | 87 | 1:182,183 | 12,338 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tanganika (272) may also be a first name.
Tanganika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanganika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanganika is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tanganika.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanganika? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 335,587th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 6,631,070 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tanganika reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tanganika is also the 538,995th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 272 people.
This last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,006 people, or 1 in 73,439. Without taking into account The DR Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 8 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 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 Tanganika
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