Tanya Forename
2,670th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 388,266 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Samoa
Tanya Forename User-submission:
Tanya (Tania) is a diminutive form of the Russian female name Tatyana (Tatiana, Tatjana) of Roman origin, meaning 'member of the Roman clan Tatius'.
Tanya Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 175,061 | 1:2,071 | 403 |
| Canada | 100% | 36,135 | 1:917 | 204 |
| England | 100% | 26,590 | 1:2,091 | 347 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 24,444 | 1:286 | 49 |
| Australia | - | 21,894 | 1:624 | 146 |
| South Africa | 100% | 20,035 | 1:2,722 | 473 |
| India | 88% | 14,468 | 1:83,970 | 10,453 |
| Ecuador | - | 8,074 | 1:2,196 | 343 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5,938 | 1:20,907 | 1,255 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,042 | 1:1,491 | 332 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 3,024 | 1:52,732 | 4,462 |
| Thailand | 86% | 2,546 | 1:27,520 | 3,510 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,068 | 1:8,173 | 1,079 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,838 | 1:20,689 | 734 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,786 | 1:2,600 | 352 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,674 | 1:1,101 | 222 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,574 | 1:13,214 | 1,893 |
| Israel | 100% | 1,528 | 1:5,499 | 897 |
| Samoa | - | 1,506 | 1:130 | 9 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,400 | 1:2,059 | 459 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,394 | 1:2,220 | 382 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,349 | 1:78,584 | 4,826 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,300 | 1:74,368 | 1,773 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 1,253 | 1:58,921 | 3,650 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,159 | 1:4,616 | 462 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,041 | 1:88,281 | 4,164 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,032 | 1:10,108 | 1,191 |
| Armenia | 99% | 852 | 1:3,426 | 496 |
| Chile | 100% | 810 | 1:21,737 | 1,146 |
| Greece | 100% | 800 | 1:13,668 | 764 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 758 | 1:40,650 | 4,986 |
| Bahamas | - | 750 | 1:532 | 122 |
| Denmark | - | 725 | 1:7,792 | 734 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 670 | 1:48,692 | 2,423 |
| Spain | 100% | 670 | 1:69,448 | 2,407 |
| Indonesia | - | 593 | 1:435,015 | 34,152 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 523 | 1:6,788 | 535 |
| Portugal | - | 498 | 1:20,905 | 990 |
| Belize | 100% | 447 | 1:793 | 137 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 447 | 1:36,037 | 1,466 |
| Turkey | 100% | 433 | 1:179,681 | 4,235 |
| Sweden | 99% | 410 | 1:24,044 | 1,582 |
| Azerbaijan | 98% | 404 | 1:23,869 | 2,081 |
| Italy | 100% | 391 | 1:156,169 | 2,431 |
| Kenya | - | 381 | 1:121,541 | 5,953 |
| China | - | 376 | 1:3,633,127 | 51,257 |
| Malta | - | 369 | 1:1,164 | 240 |
| France | 100% | 360 | 1:184,640 | 3,117 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 360 | 1:22,815 | 1,516 |
| Brazil | 100% | 354 | 1:605,187 | 18,649 |
| Belgium | 100% | 302 | 1:38,046 | 2,142 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 293 | 1:663,337 | 13,762 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 278 | 1:108,640 | 4,804 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Namibia | - | 245 | 1:9,813 | 1,202 |
| Norway | 100% | 242 | 1:21,208 | 1,247 |
| Panama | 100% | 226 | 1:17,286 | 1,816 |
| Zimbabwe | 93% | 223 | 1:69,165 | 5,523 |
| Honduras | 100% | 218 | 1:40,447 | 2,043 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 213 | 1:22,385 | 1,448 |
| Mongolia | 96% | 202 | 1:14,529 | 1,948 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Barbados | - | 190 | 1:1,525 | 358 |
| Suriname | 100% | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Peru | 100% | 175 | 1:181,665 | 4,980 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 164 | 1:49,709 | 4,810 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| El Salvador | - | 156 | 1:40,652 | 1,460 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 155 | 1:198,622 | 4,583 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 154 | 1:39,080 | 2,134 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 142 | 1:50,366 | 4,568 |
| Japan | - | 135 | 1:948,045 | 14,671 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 133 | 1:10,236 | 1,510 |
| Finland | 100% | 130 | 1:42,178 | 1,588 |
| Singapore | 100% | 119 | 1:52,832 | 6,738 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 109 | 1:279,357 | 14,582 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 98% | 108 | 1:55,308 | 4,771 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 99 | 1:619 | 104 |
| Hong Kong | - | 98 | 1:79,109 | 2,704 |
| Romania | 100% | 94 | 1:213,319 | 7,283 |
| Bermuda | - | 81 | 1:800 | 163 |
| Congo | 100% | 81 | 1:61,842 | 4,424 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 80 | 1:90,460 | 2,407 |
| Estonia | 100% | 77 | 1:17,083 | 1,563 |
| Iraq | - | 72 | 1:486,359 | 5,493 |
| Guam | - | 70 | 1:2,295 | 494 |
| Latvia | 100% | 66 | 1:30,540 | 1,102 |
| Colombia | 100% | 65 | 1:735,060 | 9,618 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 60 | 1:578 | 102 |
| Georgia | 92% | 59 | 1:63,364 | 2,811 |
| Jersey | - | 59 | 1:1,695 | 338 |
| Gibraltar | - | 54 | 1:632 | 136 |
| Haiti | - | 54 | 1:198,647 | 8,878 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 53 | 1:1,875 | 402 |
| Botswana | - | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 52 | 1:1,051 | 217 |
| South Korea | - | 50 | 1:110,888 | 5,437 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 50 | 1:475,394 | 27,449 |
| Austria | 100% | 49 | 1:173,759 | 2,800 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| Qatar | 100% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 46 | 1:74,514 | 2,241 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 35 | 1:16,116 | 1,095 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:947 | 205 |
| Czechia | 100% | 33 | 1:322,914 | 2,031 |
| Guernsey | - | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 28 | 1:771,804 | 21,901 |
| Guyana | 100% | 27 | 1:28,269 | 3,143 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 26 | 1:49,915 | 3,034 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 24 | 1:4,573 | 777 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Hungary | 100% | 22 | 1:445,080 | 1,710 |
| Nepal | 64% | 22 | 1:1,294,880 | 24,945 |
| Nigeria | 78% | 22 | 1:8,071,107 | 102,934 |
| Saint Lucia | 95% | 22 | 1:8,082 | 1,192 |
| Argentina | 100% | 18 | 1:2,376,291 | 8,279 |
| Iceland | 100% | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 18 | 1:10,666 | 1,239 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:32,275 | 2,271 |
| Ivory Coast | 88% | 17 | 1:1,357,408 | 36,328 |
| Tanzania | 86% | 17 | 1:3,105,195 | 23,654 |
| Vietnam | - | 17 | 1:5,448,418 | 3,651 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 16 | 1:15,214 | 970 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Jordan | - | 15 | 1:588,452 | 4,159 |
| Russia | - | 14 | 1:10,302,407 | 38,919 |
| Grenada | 100% | 13 | 1:8,317 | 1,152 |
| Marshall Islands | 91% | 13 | 1:3,941 | 611 |
| Cuba | - | 12 | 1:958,879 | 3,652 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 11 | 1:223,523 | 3,995 |
| Algeria | - | 9 | 1:4,241,858 | 9,009 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Malawi | - | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Zambia | - | 9 | 1:1,761,644 | 19,373 |
| North Macedonia | - | 8 | 1:261,345 | 7,184 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 8 | 1:729 | 173 |
| Serbia | - | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Uganda | 50% | 8 | 1:5,119,615 | 45,522 |
| Croatia | - | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Liberia | 100% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Iran | - | 6 | 1:13,082,811 | 33,089 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Lebanon | - | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Lesotho | 80% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Angola | 100% | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Tânya (13), Tánya (10) & Tanyà (1) are calculated separately.
Tanya (6,882) may also be a surname.
Tanya Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Tanya (Tania) is a diminutive form of the Russian female name Tatyana (Tatiana, Tatjana) of Roman origin, meaning 'member of the Roman clan Tatius'.
- hopeIt is primarily a female name of Russian origin, which means fairy queen. It can also mean 'beautiful princess'.
- taniachaTanya is a female given name of Russian origin, which means 'fairy queen'.
- iremelifsuelTanya Forename Popularity
Tanya Demographics
Tanya Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 28,610 (2014)
United States
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Tanya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanya in the Russian language | ||
| Таня | tana | - |
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