Tahanit Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Tahanit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Tahanit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tahanit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tahanit (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺤﻨﻴﺖ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahanit? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Tahanit live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania Tahanit is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanit | 92 | 325 | / |
| Thanait | 86 | 481 | / |
| Tahnite | 86 | 51 | / |
| Tahanid | 86 | 2 | / |
| Thaanit | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thanitt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thanist | 86 | 0 | / |
| Tanit | 83 | 300 | / |
| Thanet | 77 | 4,309 | / |
| Tangit | 77 | 241 | / |
| Thenit | 77 | 50 | / |
| Tagnit | 77 | 26 | / |
| Taynit | 77 | 16 | / |
| Tanite | 77 | 11 | / |
| Taniet | 77 | 9 | / |
| Thanid | 77 | 6 | / |
| Tanith | 77 | 6 | / |
| Tainit | 77 | 5 | / |
| Tanait | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tannit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taneit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tanitt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Thanniste | 75 | 9 | / |
| Thahnieth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thannet | 71 | 146 | / |
| Thotnit | 71 | 83 | / |
| Thanyot | 71 | 60 | / |
| Tanitte | 71 | 6 | / |
| Thaneth | 71 | 4 | / |
| Taniste | 71 | 3 | / |
| Taanete | 71 | 3 | / |
| Thainet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tangitt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tannite | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tannist | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tagnitt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thahnid | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thanett | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tehnitt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thanyte | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanet | 67 | 264 | / |
| Thoenhit | 67 | 72 | / |
| Tanid | 67 | 60 | / |
| Tonit | 67 | 54 | / |
| Taugnitz | 67 | 47 | / |
| Thonniet | 67 | 14 | / |
| Tenit | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tahneeth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tehneitt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanitova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanyt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanoitte | 67 | 0 | / |
Tahanit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tahanit in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺤﻨﻴﺖ | thnyt | 75 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺣﻨﻴﺖ | altahnyt | 25 |
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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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- 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 Tahanit
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