Taung Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Taung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 196 | 1:674,741 | 52,660 |
| Philippines | 84 | 1:1,205,217 | 94,524 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| Myanmar | 49 | 1:1,059,959 | 527 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Taung (132) may also be a first name.
Taung Demographics
Average Taung Salary in
South Africa
R 443,376
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Taung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taung Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taung is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taung? popularity and diffusion
Taung is the 657,184th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Taung reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Taung is also the 807,735th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 132 people.
This surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 674,741. In Indonesia Taung is mostly concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 44 percent are found, Central Sulawesi, where 30 percent are found and Banten, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 18 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Taung Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Taung has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Taung last name increased 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Taung Last Name Statistics demography
Taung earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.58% more than the national average, earning R 443,376 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 Taung
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