Tangayah Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Tangayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Tangayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tangayah occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangayah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Tangayah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tangayah are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This last name is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 2,681,293. In Malaysia it is most common in: Perak, where 36 percent live, Selangor, where 36 percent live and Johor, where 9 percent live. Barring Malaysia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Singapore, where 8 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 Tangayah
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