Tangira Surname
Approximately 804 people bear this surname
Tangira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 469 | 1:112,882 | 10,862 |
| Zimbabwe | 283 | 1:54,552 | 8,269 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Tangira (539) may also be a first name.
Tangira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tangira occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tangira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 429,044th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,064,112 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Tangira reside; 59 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 363,109th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 539 people.
The surname Tangira is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 469 people, or 1 in 112,882. In Tanzania Tangira is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 83 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 16 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 35 percent are found and New Zealand, where 3 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 Tangira
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