Tangen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: definite masculine singular of tang (Etymology 1)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈtæŋən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tangen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country.
- NONorway1 in 638(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 58K
- FIFinland1 in 143K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Norway (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 6 (measured from records)
- 1 in 638 (inferred from the name graph)
8,566 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Norway
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
definite masculine singular of tang (Etymology 1)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tangen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | 8,566 | 1 in 638 | 8.6K | Tangen | 4 |
| US United States | 1,346 | 1 in 247K | 1.3K | Tangen | 5 |
| SE Sweden | 175 | 1 in 58K | 175 | — | 1 |
| FI Finland | 39 | 1 in 143K | 39 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | 25 | 1 in 235K | 25 | — | — |
8,566 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tangen is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite masculine singular of tang
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, third-person plural present indicative of tangir
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, dative plural of Tang
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, plural of tang
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tao, pillow
as a wordkaikki.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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Christopher von Tangenb. 1877NONorwegian fencer
- Otto Tangenb. 1886NONorwegian nordic skier (1886–1956)
- Jorun Askersrud Nygaardb. 1929NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian cross-country skier, sprinter and hurdler (athletics) and speed skater
- Rune Tangenb. 1964NONorwegian association football player
- Nicolai Tangenb. 1966NONorwegian hedge fund manager and philanthropist
- Hans Fredrik Tangenb. 1977NONorwegian politician (1977-)
- Didrik Solli-Tangenb. 1987NONorwegian singer
- Emil Solli-Tangenb. 1990NONorwegian singer
- Eivind Tangenb. 1993NONorwegian handball player
- Harald Nilsen Tangenb. 2001NONorwegian footballer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tangen mean, and where does it come from?
- definite masculine singular of tang (Etymology 1) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Tangen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈtæŋən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Tangen have the most bearers?
- In Norway, the national register counted about 8.6 thousand people named Tangen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tangen.
- Where is Tangen most common?
- Tangen is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 638 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Tangen?
- In Norway, the national register counted 8,566 people named Tangen, about 1 in 638 residents.
What do you want to know about Tangen?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tangenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tangen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.