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 surname Tangus (Marathi: टांगुस) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tangus is the 268,560th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,015,517 people. The surname Tangus is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Tangus live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 708,111th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 167 people.
Tangus is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,322 people, or 1 in 34,932. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Narok County, where 47 percent live, Bomet County, where 29 percent live and Nakuru County, where 7 percent live. Not including Kenya it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 6 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Tangus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Tangus last name is primarily 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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