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 last name Tangwena is found most in Zimbabwe. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangwena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tangwena is the 413,768th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,655,043 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tangwena live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Tangwena is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 835 people, or 1 in 18,489. In Zimbabwe Tangwena is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 63 percent live, Harare Province, where 24 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 4 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Tangwena exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 0 percent live and Botswana, where 0 percent live.
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
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