Tangwena Surname
Approximately 842 people bear this surname
Tangwena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 835 | 1:18,489 | 2,729 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tangwena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangwena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tangwena occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tangwena.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangwena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 413,768th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,655,043 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tangwena live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 835 people, or 1 in 18,489. In Zimbabwe Tangwena is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 63 percent are found, Harare Province, where 24 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 0 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taangwena | 94 | 18 | / |
| Taungwena | 94 | 8 | / |
| Tahangwena | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tangweni | 88 | 36 | / |
| Tanguena | 88 | 35 | / |
| Tangwene | 88 | 26 | / |
| Tangwana | 88 | 19 | / |
| Tamgwena | 88 | 1 | / |
| Thangwana | 82 | 105 | / |
| Thangweni | 82 | 3 | / |
| Taungwana | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tangwanna | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tongwana | 75 | 146 | / |
| Tanguina | 75 | 6 | / |
| Tongweni | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tangbene | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tankwana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tanguene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tonguena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thongwana | 71 | 101 | / |
| Tangwinit | 71 | 101 | / |
| Thancwana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tankwenou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tangguhana | 67 | 10 | / |
| Thongwanna | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tangwena
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis