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 is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tantung? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 749,861st most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tantung are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 62 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name worldwide, held by 14 people.

This surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 352 people, or 1 in 287,609. In The Philippines Tantung is most numerous in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 60 percent live, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 23 percent live and Soccsksargen, where 14 percent live. Besides The Philippines this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

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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 Tantung
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