Tangape Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tangape Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tangape Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Tangape (20) may also be a first name.

Tangape Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tangape occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangape? popularity and diffusion

Tangape is the 7,593,402nd most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Tangape reside; 67 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 67 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 20 people.

Tangape is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 100 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 33 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 Tangape
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