Tangayan Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Tangayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 527 | 1:192,103 | 30,549 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Tangayan (23) may also be a first name.
Tangayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tangayan (Marathi: तंगायन) is borne by more people in The Philippines 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 Tangayan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 584,278th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tangayan live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Tangayan is also the 2,239,265th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 23 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 527 people, or 1 in 192,103. In The Philippines Tangayan is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 56 percent reside, Western Visayas, where 14 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines Tangayan exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tangayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tangayan in the Marathi language | ||
| तंगायन | tangayana | 83.33 |
| तंगयन | tangayana | 16.67 |
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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
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- 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 Tangayan
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