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
Tangen Political Affiliation
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Tangen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tangen (Russian: Танген) has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tangen is the 67,071st most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 981,752 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 68 percent of Tangen reside; 67 percent reside in Northern Europe and 66 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 247,928th most numerous first name in the world, held by 1,044 people.
Tangen is most prevalent in Norway, where it is carried by 4,764 people, or 1 in 1,079. In Norway it is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 68 percent reside, Western Norway, where 19 percent reside and Central Norway, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Norway Tangen is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Tangen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tangen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tangen last name grew 3,309 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tangen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tangen last name are 1.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.2% being 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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