Tangaza Surname
Approximately 1,349 people bear this surname
Tangaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 950 | 1:41,094 | 5,204 |
| Nigeria | 240 | 1:738,095 | 33,631 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tangaza (606) may also be a first name.
Tangaza Demographics
Tangaza Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Tangaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tangaza is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangaza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 285,131st most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,402,184 people. Tangaza occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tangaza reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Tangaza is also the 339,515th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 606 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 950 people, or 1 in 41,094. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Yumbe District, where 66 percent are found, Koboko District, where 22 percent are found and Arua District, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Tangaza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Tangaza surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Tangaza
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