Tangen Surname
Approximately 7,423 people bear this surname
Tangen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 4,764 | 1:1,079 | 86 |
| United States | 1,853 | 1:195,607 | 19,308 |
| Indonesia | 208 | 1:635,813 | 50,069 |
| Canada | 202 | 1:182,404 | 18,127 |
| Sweden | 134 | 1:73,483 | 5,515 |
| Germany | 69 | 1:1,166,746 | 76,492 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Denmark | 33 | 1:171,052 | 14,584 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 56 | 1:896,762 | 54,350 |
Tangen (1,044) may also be a first name.
Tangen Demographics
Average Tangen Salary in
United States
$43,452 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tangen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tangen (Russian: Танген) has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tangen.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 67,071st most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 981,752 people. The surname Tangen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Tangen are found; 67 percent are found in Northern Europe and 66 percent are found in Scandinavia. Tangen is also the 247,928th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 1,044 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Norway, where it is held by 4,764 people, or 1 in 1,079. In Norway Tangen is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 68 percent live, Western Norway, where 19 percent live and Central Norway, where 7 percent live. Beside Norway this last name is found in 35 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Tangen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tangen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tangen last name rose 3,309 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tangen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tangen surname are 1.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.2% registered with the party.
The amount Tangen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 6.52% less than the national average, earning 323,528 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.7% more than the national average, earning $43,452 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.9% more than the national average, earning $50,132 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tangen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tangen in the Russian language | ||
| Танген | tangen | - |
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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 Tangen
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