Thangal Surname
Approximately 8,314 people bear this surname
Thangal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,992 | 1:128,015 | 8,235 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,391 | 1:22,182 | 3,101 |
| United Arab Emirates | 530 | 1:17,287 | 2,067 |
| Qatar | 231 | 1:10,208 | 1,127 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Thangal (472) may also be a first name.
Thangal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thangal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thangal (Marathi: थंगल) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thangal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,584th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 876,539 people. The surname Thangal occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Thangal live; 72 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 391,811th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 472 people.
This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 5,992 people, or 1 in 128,015. In India it is most prevalent in: Kerala, where 77 percent reside, Assam, where 17 percent reside and Manipur, where 2 percent reside. Apart from India Thangal exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thangal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thangal in the Marathi language | ||
| थंगल | thangala | 73.33 |
| ठेगल | thegala | 13.33 |
| ठगल | thagala | 13.33 |
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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 Thangal
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