Tangkay Surname
Approximately 423 people bear this surname
Tangkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 418 | 1:242,197 | 36,620 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Tangkay (23) may also be a first name.
Tangkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tangkay occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangkay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 697,244th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,228,241 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Tangkay live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent given name on earth It is held by 23 people.
Tangkay is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 418 people, or 1 in 242,197. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Central Visayas, where 52 percent are found, Caraga, where 12 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 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 Tangkay
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