Tanah Surname
Approximately 455 people bear this surname
Tanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 142 | 1:146,261 | 16,188 |
| Indonesia | 141 | 1:937,938 | 69,491 |
| Philippines | 50 | 1:2,024,764 | 119,725 |
| Palestine | 29 | 1:156,857 | 8,402 |
| Afghanistan | 24 | 1:1,339,716 | 11,412 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tanah (1,128) may also be a first name.
Tanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanah (Arabic: طعنه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﺎﻩ, Hindi: तनय, Marathi: तानह) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tanah is the 660,498th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 16,016,584 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Tanah reside; 47 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 46 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tanah is also the 237,206th most commonly occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 1,128 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 146,261. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 55 percent live, Southwest Region, where 36 percent live and Littoral Region, where 7 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 31 percent live and The Philippines, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻨﺎﻩ | tnah | - |
| Tanah in the Marathi language | ||
| तानह | tanaha | - |
| Tanah in the Hindi language | ||
| तनय | tanaya | 50 |
| तनह | tanaha | 50 |
| Tanah in the Arabic language | ||
| طعنه | tnh | - |
| تناه | tnah | - |
| ثنيه | thnyh | - |
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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 Tanah
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