Tanais Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Tanais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Tañais (4) & Tanaïs (1) are calculated separately.
Tanais (28) may also be a first name.
Tanais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanais (Russian: Танаис) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Tañais or Tanaïs. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanais? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Tanais is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Tanais are found; 64 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 64 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Tanais is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 28 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Russia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia Tanais is mostly concentrated in: Volgograd Oblast, where 38 percent live, Moscow, where 25 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 25 percent live. Aside from Russia Tanais exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 9 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanais Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanais in the Russian language | ||
| Танаис | tanais | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tanais
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