Tanakh Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Tanakh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Tanakh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanakh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanakh (Arabic: تنكه, Hindi: तनख) is most common in Iran. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanakh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Tanakh occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Tanakh live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Tanakh is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 5,484,466. In Iran Tanakh is mostly concentrated in: Bushehr Province, where 57 percent live, Khuzestan Province, where 36 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Iran it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanakh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanakh in the Hindi language | ||
| तनख | tanakha | 60 |
| तानखा | tanakha | 40 |
| Tanakh in the Arabic language | ||
| تنكه | tnkh | - |
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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 Tanakh
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