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Tanjung
Angkola / Mandailing / Toba · South Tapanuli · Mandailing · Toba Highlands
An Angkola / Mandailing / Toba Batak marga listed in the traditional clan directory of North Sumatra.
About Marga Tanjung
The Tanjung family is part of the Angkola / Mandailing / Toba kinship world. In Batak tradition, your marga is more than a surname — it is a key to tarombo, marriage custom, and belonging.
Note: Names like Simalungun, Toba, Karo, Mandailing, Angkola, and Pakpak are Batak ethnic groups, not marga. Your marga is the clan name (for example Damanik or Sinaga under Simalungun).
Tarombo notes
- 01 Lineage is typically traced through the father (patrilineal marga system).
- 02 Marriage within the same marga is traditionally forbidden by adat.
- 03 Women keep their birth marga and are often identified as boru Tanjung.