Tanjong Surname
Approximately 1,741 people bear this surname
Tanjong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 985 | 1:21,085 | 2,869 |
| Malaysia | 520 | 1:56,720 | 4,333 |
| Indonesia | 124 | 1:1,066,526 | 77,317 |
| Brunei | 49 | 1:8,546 | 1,114 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Tanjong (377) may also be a first name.
Tanjong Demographics
Average Tanjong Salary in
United States
$36,300 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tanjong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanjong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanjong is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanjong? popularity and diffusion
Tanjong is the 232,007th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 4,185,839 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Tanjong reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tanjong is also the 446,783rd most common first name internationally It is held by 377 people.
The surname Tanjong is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 985 people, or 1 in 21,085. In Cameroon Tanjong is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 52 percent live, Southwest Region, where 24 percent live and Centre Region, where 13 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 30 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
Tanjong Last Name Statistics demography
Tanjong earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.87% less than the national average, earning $36,300 USD per year.
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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 Tanjong
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