Tangou Surname
Approximately 615 people bear this surname
Tangou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 438 | 1:11,391 | 1,505 |
| Niger | 92 | 1:208,609 | 6,974 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Tangou (438) may also be a first name.
Tangou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tangou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻘﻮ) occurs in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 526,921st most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,849,668 people. The surname Tangou is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Tangou are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 409,668th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 438 people.
Tangou is most widely held in The Congo, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 11,391. In The Congo Tangou is mostly concentrated in: Niari Department, where 76 percent reside, Brazzaville Department, where 19 percent reside and Cuvette Department, where 2 percent reside. Other than The Congo this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tangou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tangou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻨﻘﻮ | tnqw | - |
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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 Tangou
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