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

The last name Tangeni occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangeni? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,369,340th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tangeni reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tangeni is also the 114,876th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 3,755 people.

This last name is most common in Namibia, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 35,432. In Namibia Tangeni is primarily concentrated in: Kavango East Region, where 51 percent reside, Oshana Region, where 44 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Namibia Tangeni exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent reside and South Africa, where 24 percent reside.

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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