Tangeni Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Tangeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tangeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia681:35,4325,071
Zimbabwe391:395,85235,770
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Tangeni (3,755) may also be a first name.

Tangeni Last Name Facts

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

Tangeni is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangeni? popularity and diffusion

Tangeni is the 1,369,340th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tangeni live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tangeni is also the 114,876th most widely held first name internationally, held by 3,755 people.

The surname Tangeni is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 35,432. In Namibia Tangeni is most common in: Kavango East Region, where 51 percent are found, Oshana Region, where 44 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Namibia this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent are found and South Africa, where 24 percent are found.

Tangeni Last Name Statistics demography

Tangeni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.36% less than the national average, earning R 56,172 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thangeni93110/
Tangenyi934/
Tanseni8661/
Tongeni8644/
Tangini8637/
Tangene8620/
Tanjeni865/
Tangenes80100/
Thangene804/
Thongeni801/
Tangenea801/
Theangene751/
Tonjeni71838/
Tansini71634/
Tongene7141/
Tansena7115/
Tongini714/
Tanzena714/
Tonceni712/
Tangine711/
Tanginy711/
Tonseni711/
Tamseni711/
Tanjini711/
Thonjeni67229/
Thamseni67129/
Tansenee6729/
Tanzenge6721/
Toingeny679/
Thamzeni679/
Tanceana677/
Tanzeena673/
Tanseena671/
Tanxinyi671/
Tanginay671/
Tondjeni671/
Thanzini671/

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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 Tangeni
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