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
Tangou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻘﻮ) is most common in The Congo. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 526,921st most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,849,668 people. Tangou occurs predominantly 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. Tangou is also the 409,668th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 438 people.
The last name Tangou is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 11,391. In The Congo Tangou is mostly found in: Niari Department, where 76 percent live, Brazzaville Department, where 19 percent live and Cuvette Department, where 2 percent live. Excluding The Congo Tangou exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 15 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
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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