Tangun Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Tangun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 272 | 1:486,210 | 39,964 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Tangün (216) are calculated separately.
Tangun (84) may also be a first name.
Tangun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tangun occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Tangün. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tangun is the 818,364th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The surname Tangun occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Tangun reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tangun is also the 1,046,220th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 84 people.
The surname Tangun is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 486,210. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Bali, where 81 percent live, West Nusa Tenggara, where 13 percent live and North Sumatra, where 3 percent live. Beside Indonesia this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
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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 Tangun
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