Tangus Surname
Approximately 1,453 people bear this surname
Tangus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,322 | 1:34,932 | 3,785 |
| Turkey | 90 | 1:864,682 | 41,266 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Tangus (167) may also be a first name.
Tangus Demographics
Tangus Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tangus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tangus (Marathi: टांगुस) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tangus is the 268,560th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,015,517 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Tangus are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Tangus is also the 708,111th most widespread first name globally, held by 167 people.
The last name Tangus is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,322 people, or 1 in 34,932. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Narok County, where 47 percent live, Bomet County, where 29 percent live and Nakuru County, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 6 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Tangus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tangus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tangus in the Marathi language | ||
| टांगुस | tangusa | - |
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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 Tangus
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