Tanakai Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Tanakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 204 | 1:626,688 | 16,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95 | 1:85,829 | 11,359 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tanakai (37) may also be a first name.
Tanakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanakai (Hindi: तनकाई, Marathi: तनकै) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanakai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 818,364th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name Tanakai is primarily found in Asia, where 61 percent of Tanakai reside; 60 percent reside in East Asia and 60 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Tanakai is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 37 people.
This last name is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 626,688. In Japan Tanakai is mostly concentrated in: Yamagata Prefecture, where 36 percent are found, Saitama Prefecture, where 20 percent are found and Shimane Prefecture, where 20 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanakai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanakai in the Marathi language | ||
| तनकै | tanakai | - |
| Tanakai in the Hindi language | ||
| तनकाई | tanaka'i | 94.74 |
| तनकई | tanaka'i | 5.26 |
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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 Tanakai
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