Tangaya Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Tangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tangaya (19) may also be a first name.
Tangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tangaya (Marathi: तंगया) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,460,878th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Tangaya live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 59 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tangaya is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 19 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 921,695. In Malaysia Tangaya is primarily found in: Selangor, where 38 percent are found, Penang, where 25 percent are found and Johor, where 22 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tangaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tangaya in the Marathi language | ||
| तंगया | tangaya | 89.47 |
| तंगययन | tangayayana | 10.53 |
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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 Tangaya
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