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
Tanjong occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanjong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 232,007th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,185,839 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Tanjong live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tanjong is also the 446,783rd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 377 people.
The last name Tanjong is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 985 people, or 1 in 21,085. In Cameroon Tanjong is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 52 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 24 percent are found and Centre Region, where 13 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Tanjong occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 30 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
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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