Tangwing Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Tangwing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tangwing (541) may also be a first name.
Tangwing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangwing Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tangwing is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangwing? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,918,812th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Tangwing is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tangwing are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 362,348th most frequent given name in the world, held by 541 people.
The last name Tangwing is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon Tangwing is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 43 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 21 percent reside and Centre Region, where 18 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Tangwing
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