Tangavi Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

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

Tangavi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tangavi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Tangavi Last Name Facts

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

Tangavi occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangavi? popularity and diffusion

Tangavi is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Tangavi reside; 91 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 91 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

Tangavi is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Tangavi is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 50 percent are found, West New Britain, where 40 percent are found and Bougainville, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 9 percent are found.

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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 Tangavi
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