Tanguena Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Tanguena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Tanguena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanguena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanguena is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tanguena.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanguena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tanguena is the 3,323,005th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tanguena reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Tanguena is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 48 percent live, Littoral Region, where 45 percent live and West Region, where 6 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Equatorial Guinea, where 3 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tangena | 93 | 36 | / |
| Tangwena | 88 | 842 | / |
| Tanguina | 88 | 6 | / |
| Tangiena | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tonguena | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tangenea | 88 | 1 | / |
| Taangwena | 82 | 18 | / |
| Taungwena | 82 | 8 | / |
| Tangina | 80 | 1,274 | / |
| Tongena | 80 | 39 | / |
| Tangeno | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tahangwena | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tanquina | 75 | 366 | / |
| Tanginoa | 75 | 48 | / |
| Tanqueno | 75 | 25 | / |
| Tanguino | 75 | 9 | / |
| Tangoyna | 75 | 4 | / |
| Tonguina | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tamguina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tangoina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tongenga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tangaina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tanginay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tamgwena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thangina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tuongena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Toungena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tanquinas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tangquino | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tangguino | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamgina | 67 | 44 | / |
| Tangino | 67 | 33 | / |
| Tongina | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thonghenga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tongeno | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tanguena
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