Tanige Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tanige Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanige Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tanige (11) may also be a first name.

Tanige Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tanige is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Tanige click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanige? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Tanige is mostly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Tanige are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most common given name at a global level It is held by 11 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Tanige is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 71 percent live, Chimbu, where 19 percent live and Central, where 5 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taniges929/
Taniger921/
Tanniger8651/
Tanigued8612/
Tanigy83942/
Tanage83289/
Tanise83152/
Tenige8395/
Tanice8347/
Taniga8330/
Tanize8315/
Tanigi838/
Tanege831/
Tanhge831/
Thanage77804/
Tanieza77294/
Taniser77180/
Tanesie77164/
Tanises77124/
Tanezie7766/
Tanisei7761/
Töniges7738/
Taniega7736/
Tainage7720/
Tanésie7711/
Taneghe777/
Tannage776/
Tanigoi776/
Tangigi775/
Tanijer774/
Tanigoa774/
Tenhige774/
Thanege772/
Toniges771/
Tanigui771/
Teanice771/
Tagnize771/
Tangeze771/
Tangize771/
Täniges771/
Tanegie771/
Toniger770/
Tannice770/
Tañge731/
Thanises71319/
Tonniges71283/
Thanigai7135/
Thannage7123/
Tanniche719/
Tanojice718/
Thaynise711/
Thaniser711/
Tanyiaze711/
Tanegued711/
Tanechie711/
Tanioche711/
Tahanage711/
Tanhiser710/
Tanesi67829/
Tonage67626/
Tanega67619/
Taniza67491/
Tonise67463/
Taniji67260/
Taneza67203/
Tanese67194/
Tanjga67188/
Tanisi67187/
Toniga67110/
Tanegi6742/
Tanizi6740/
Thanichet6732/
Tõnise6723/
Tanesy6721/
Tonigi6718/
Tanezi6717/
Taneze679/
Tenege678/
Tenuge678/
Tanugi677/
Tanici675/
Tañiga673/
Taneji673/
Tanaze673/
Tenigi672/
Taneje672/
Tonice671/
Tonnigues671/
Tanegy671/
Tahnichet671/
Tonize671/
Tahnaisee671/

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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 Tanige
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