Tangarajah Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Tangarajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tangarajah (10) may also be a first name.
Tangarajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangarajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tangarajah is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangarajah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most numerous last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Tangarajah reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous given name world-wide, held by 10 people.
Tangarajah is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,552,328. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Selangor, where 42 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 26 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 16 percent live. Apart from Malaysia Tangarajah is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 5 percent live and Thailand, where 5 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 Tangarajah
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