Tanguala Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tanguala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanguala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea541:150,99520,848
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tanguala Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tanguala Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tanguala occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanguala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,506,728th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Tanguala occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Tanguala live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Tanguala is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 150,995. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Enga, where 93 percent are found, Milne Bay, where 2 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thanguala941/
Tangwala887/
Tangwalla821/
Tangvalaa821/
Tongbala751/
Tankwala751/
Tongwoula711/
Thangvallo671/
Thangvaloo671/
Tonkwala634/
Tangbolo631/
Tamkwala631/

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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 Tanguala
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