Tangwa Surname
Approximately 3,004 people bear this surname
Tangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,213 | 1:9,385 | 1,229 |
| DR Congo | 513 | 1:144,015 | 15,172 |
| Tanzania | 104 | 1:509,054 | 33,766 |
| Zimbabwe | 70 | 1:220,546 | 24,781 |
| Uganda | 60 | 1:650,655 | 33,621 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Tangwa (95) may also be a first name.
Tangwa Demographics
Average Tangwa Salary in
United States
$37,714 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tangwa is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tangwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tangwa is the 147,394th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,425,947 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tangwa reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tangwa is also the 974,243rd most common forename world-wide, borne by 95 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,213 people, or 1 in 9,385. In Cameroon Tangwa is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 18 percent reside and Centre Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Tangwa Last Name Statistics demography
Tangwa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.6% less than the national average, earning $37,714 USD per year.
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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 Tangwa
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