Tangya Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Tangya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tangya (67) may also be a first name.
Tangya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tangya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tangya (Bengali: তাংয়া, Marathi: टांग्या) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tangya.
How Common Is The Last Name Tangya? popularity and diffusion
Tangya is the 2,530,696th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Tangya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Tangya live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 67 people.
Tangya is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 97 percent are found and Kaduna, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Tangya occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 40 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thangya | 92 | 5 | / |
| Tangyai | 92 | 4 | / |
| Thangyai | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tandya | 83 | 102 | / |
| Tongya | 83 | 84 | / |
| Thongya | 77 | 1,077 | / |
| Tandyah | 77 | 113 | / |
| Tongyai | 77 | 107 | / |
| Tangyou | 77 | 12 | / |
| Tangyoo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Thongyai | 71 | 2,524 | / |
| Tandaiya | 71 | 24 | / |
| Tandayya | 71 | 16 | / |
| Toongyai | 71 | 6 | / |
| Thangyoo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taungyoo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taingyoo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thongyay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanduyia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tandia | 67 | 21,863 | / |
| Tandja | 67 | 818 | / |
| Tandyo | 67 | 489 | / |
| Tandea | 67 | 370 | / |
| Tongyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tandaiyah | 67 | 1 | / |
Tangya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tangya in the Bengali language | ||
| তাংয়া | tanya | 50 |
| তংায়া | tamaya | 50 |
| Tangya in the Marathi language | ||
| टांग्या | tangya | 50 |
| तंग्या | tangya | 23.08 |
| तांग्या | tangya | 15.38 |
| टंग्या | tangya | 7.69 |
| तगैया | tagaiya | 3.85 |
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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
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- 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 Tangya
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