Tanakan Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Tanakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand891:793,689128,670
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Tanakan (248) may also be a first name.

Tanakan Last Name Facts

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

Tanakan (Marathi: टानकन) occurs in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanakan? popularity and diffusion

Tanakan is the 1,967,751st most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. Tanakan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tanakan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Tai-Asia. Tanakan is also the 566,287th most numerous given name throughout the world. It is borne by 248 people.

The last name Tanakan is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 793,689. In Thailand Tanakan is most common in: Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 40 percent reside, Chiang Mai Province, where 13 percent reside and Bangkok, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Thailand this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Japan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tanakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanakan in the Marathi language
टानकनtanakana-

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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 Tanakan
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