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 occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangwing? popularity and diffusion
Tangwing is the 1,918,812th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tangwing live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 362,348th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 541 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon Tangwing is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 43 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 21 percent reside and Centre Region, where 18 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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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