Tange

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Tange is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English26%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Tange in English.

• Japanese15%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Tange in Japanese.

• Danish14%

  a low and thin ness

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• French14%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Tange in French.

• German5.4%

  nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Tang

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Indirekter Berufsname des Schmiedes; auch Patronym oder Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname; 124 Belege.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Tange is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Netherlands

  Also written Tangé, Tangè, Tàngé

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Tange is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In enm, alternative form of tonge (“tongs”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, second-person singular present active imperative of tangō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, third-person singular present indicative of tangere

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Kenzo Tangeb. 1913JPJapanese architect (1913–2005)
• Kiyoko Tangeb. 1920JPJapanese actress (1920-1998)
• Sakura Tangeb. 1973JPJapanese voice actress, singer and writer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

24 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 14 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Tange come from?

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Tang Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What does the name Tange mean?

In Danish, a low and thin ness

Which countries have the most people with the surname Tange?

In Denmark, the national register counted about 595 people named Tange, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tange. After it come Netherlands, United States, Belgium and Brazil; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Tange most common?

Tange is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 9.9 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Tange?

In Denmark, the national register counted 595 people named Tange, about 1 in 9.9 thousand residents.

How common is Tange compared with other names?

In Denmark, Tange is the 622nd most common surname of 88,366 surnames recorded there.