Tingang Surname

390,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Tingang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tingang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia6351:46,4483,704
Indonesia2211:598,41347,561
Cameroon451:461,53538,189
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tingang (181) may also be a first name.

Tingang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tingang (Bengali: তিঙ্গং) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tingang? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 390,407th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,034,781 people. Tingang occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Tingang are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 93 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tingang is also the 677,199th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 181 people.

The last name Tingang is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 635 people, or 1 in 46,448. In Malaysia Tingang is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 97 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent reside and Johor, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tingang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tingang in the Bengali language
তিঙ্গংtingam-

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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 Tingang
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