Tangye Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tangye Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tengy,' a common name in the Hundred Rolls.

Tengy ad Fontem, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Allan Tengy, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Nel Tengy, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

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Tangye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1741:119,36213,671
United States951:3,815,357209,650
England911:612,28636,401
Australia661:409,02632,879
Taiwan171:1,379,1039,281
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
China41:341,830,39216,990
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
France21:33,211,361423,184
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England781:312,50520,777
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Tangye (335) may also be a first name.

Tangye Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tengy,' a common name in the Hundred Rolls.

Tengy ad Fontem, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Allan Tengy, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Nel Tengy, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Celt. and Cornish) the French Tanguy, Breton Tanguy, Tanneguy (M.Latin Tanneguidus) [perh. Breton tân (= Welsh and Cornish tân), fire + Breton guiú(= Welsh gwiw, Cornish gwyw, apt), brisk] Jenner (who does not attempt to explain the name) has the following note:— “Tangye (Tanguy, a quite common name in Brittany, from St. Tanguy, one of the entourage of St. Pol of Leon).’’—‘Corn. Names’: Hdbk. Cornish Lang., 1904, p. 199.

For the first element we may compare the fem. name Tannwen of the ‘Mabinog- ion.’ Doubtless the Tengy (not infreq.) of the Hundred-Rolls (a.d. 1274) is the same name— Tengy ad Fontem (Camb.)

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Old Norse, penja; nickname (an axe).from the Danish, Tang, Tange, Teng; from the Dutch, Tang, Tanker, Tenge, Tenger, Tinga, Tinke; from the Flemish, Tanghe; from the French, Tanguy; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tangye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tangye Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tangye (Marathi: तांग्ये) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 640,141st most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 15,342,202 people. Tangye occurs mostly in Africa, where 37 percent of Tangye are found; 37 percent are found in Central Africa and 37 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tangye is also the 478,225th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 335 people.

Tangye is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 119,362. In Cameroon Tangye is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 21 percent reside and Centre Region, where 9 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Tangye is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and England, where 19 percent reside.

Tangye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tangye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tangye surname expanded 306 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tangye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tangye last name are 44.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 91.67% registered to vote for the party.

Tangye earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.99% more than the national average, earning $44,441 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tangyie92435/
Twangye926/
Tangyue925/
Tangyee925/
Tangy9150/
Tiwangye861,001/
Tuwangye86802/
Towangye861/
Tuyangye861/
Tangyi83224/
Dangye8359/
Tangya8358/
Tangyu8346/
Tengye8316/
Tongye8311/
Taingy832/
Tungye831/
Tweyangye801/
Tangyao7727/
Tangyou7712/
Tengyie7710/
Tangyoo774/
Tingyue774/
Tongyue774/
Tangyai774/
Tengyue772/
Tengyee772/
Dangy7381/
Tongy7313/
Tengy7311/
Tingy737/
Tungy734/
Taengyai71135/
Taengyoo714/
Tuyungye712/
Tenagyei711/
Taungyoo711/
Taingyoo711/
Tungyueh711/
Dangyewa711/
Tyongyee711/
Tyongyie711/
Tengya67173/
Dangya6788/
Tongya6784/
Dongye6755/
Tongyu6732/
Dengye6727/
Tongyi6723/
Tungyo6721/
Tweyungye6715/
Tingyu6711/
Dingye6710/
Tengyi677/
Tungyu676/
Tengyu676/
Tingyi676/
Tongyo673/
Dhangy673/
Dangyo673/
Dangyi672/
Tweyongye672/
Tingya672/
Daungy671/
Tngyai671/
Tenngy671/
Tinagy671/
Dnagye671/
Tuongy671/
Twongyiwe671/
T-Nagy671/
Tiwaangya671/
Dungye671/
Tinngy670/

Tangye Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tangye in the Marathi language
तांग्येtangye-

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