Tanghay Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Tanghay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 70 | 1:1,446,260 | 102,978 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
Tanghay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanghay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanghay occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanghay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,185,341st most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Tanghay occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Tanghay live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 1,446,260. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Central Luzon, where 77 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 10 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 4 percent are found. Not including The Philippines this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Tanghay
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