Tangaou Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Tangaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Tangaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tangaou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tangaou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 413,424. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Donga Department, where 56 percent live, Borgou Department, where 20 percent live and Atakora Department, where 8 percent live. Other than Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
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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 Tangaou
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