Tanger Surname
Approximately 6,043 people bear this surname
Tanger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 4,260 | 1:8,093 | 1,065 |
| Germany | 437 | 1:184,223 | 21,480 |
| United States | 369 | 1:982,274 | 72,839 |
| Netherlands | 146 | 1:115,666 | 18,330 |
| Palestine | 143 | 1:31,810 | 4,130 |
| Jordan | 107 | 1:82,640 | 6,474 |
| Peru | 89 | 1:357,125 | 12,161 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Colombia | 42 | 1:1,137,478 | 9,713 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Lebanon | 33 | 1:170,821 | 7,805 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| Croatia | 21 | 1:201,362 | 24,020 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 115 | 1:436,684 | 31,761 |
The alternate forms: Tánger (2) are calculated separately.
Tanger (434) may also be a first name.
Tanger Demographics
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Tanger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanger (Arabic: تنجر, Russian: Тангер) occurs most in Morocco. It may be rendered as: Tánger. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanger? popularity and diffusion
It is the 80,565th most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,205,948 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Tanger live; 71 percent live in North Africa and 70 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 411,730th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 434 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is carried by 4,260 people, or 1 in 8,093. Outside of Morocco this surname occurs in 53 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Tanger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tanger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tanger last name grew 321 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tanger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Tanger surname is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (89%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Tanger surname are 4.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tanger earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 65.07% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,772 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.91% more than the national average, earning $24,045,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 25.02% more than the national average, earning $53,945 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanger Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanger in the Russian language | ||
| Тангер | tanger | - |
| Tanger in the Arabic language | ||
| تنجر | tnjr | - |
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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 Tanger
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