Tangenberg Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Tangenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tangenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1381:122,37119,176
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Tangenberg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tangenberg Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tangenberg occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangenberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,235,409th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname Tangenberg occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Tangenberg are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 122,371. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Drenthe, where 40 percent are found, Overijssel, where 40 percent are found and North Holland, where 11 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 12 percent are found.

Tangenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tangenberg has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 540 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tangenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tangenberg surname are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the political party.

Tangenberg earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.27% more than the national average, earning $43,267 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tangenbergh952/
Togenberg840/
Dwingenberg760/
Toggenburg7019/

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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 Tangenberg
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