Tangwar Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Tangwar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tangwar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya521:888,07532,885
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Tangwar (42) may also be a first name.

Tangwar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tangwar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tangwar is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tangwar.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangwar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,372,517th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Tangwar reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Tangwar is also the 1,566,439th most common given name on earth, held by 42 people.

This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 888,075. In Kenya Tangwar is most common in: Nandi County, where 90 percent live, Bomet County, where 8 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 2 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tanguar86129/
Tangbar861/
Tangguar805/
Tongward801/
Tongwart801/
Tanguare801/
Toningwar7521/
Thongward754/
Thongwatr751/
Tanquar710/
Tanquart6741/
Tongguar671/
Thongguard591/
Tongbor57105/
Tongbour535/
Thongbour5045/

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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 Tangwar
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis