Tantung Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Tantung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tantung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3521:287,60941,368
Indonesia271:4,898,118234,077
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Tantung (14) may also be a first name.

Tantung Last Name Facts

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

Tantung has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tantung? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 749,861st most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. Tantung is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tantung reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 62 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tantung is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 14 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 352 people, or 1 in 287,609. In The Philippines Tantung is mostly concentrated in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 60 percent are found, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 23 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 14 percent are found. Barring The Philippines this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Tantung
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