Tangaroa Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Tangaroa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiribati | 171 | 1:663 | 250 |
| New Zealand | 119 | 1:38,053 | 6,460 |
| Cook Islands | 40 | 1:454 | 45 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Tangaroa (14) may also be a first name.
Tangaroa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangaroa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tangaroa is carried by more people in Kiribati than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangaroa? popularity and diffusion
Tangaroa is the 781,947th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,131,342 people. The surname Tangaroa is predominantly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Tangaroa reside; 64 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 47 percent reside in Micronesia. Tangaroa is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name in the world, held by 14 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kiribati, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 663. Besides Kiribati this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 33 percent reside and The Cook Islands, where 11 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 Tangaroa
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