Tanjy Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tanjy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Tanjy (125) may also be a first name.
Tanjy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanjy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanjy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﻨﺠﻲ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanjy? popularity and diffusion
Tanjy is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Tanjy is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tanjy live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Tanjy is also the 832,731st most common first name on earth, held by 125 people.
This surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Tanjy is most prevalent in: Assaba Region, where 33 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 33 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanjy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanjy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻄﻨﺠﻲ | altnjy | - |
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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 Tanjy
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