Tanabou Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Tanabou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanabou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin301:344,52026,827
Burkina Faso101:1,835,21014,348

Tanabou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tanabou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tanabou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanabou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tanabou is the 3,100,440th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tanabou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 344,520. In Benin Tanabou is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 97 percent live. Barring Benin Tanabou exists in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 25 percent live.

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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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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Tanabou
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