Tanam Surname
Approximately 695 people bear this surname
Tanam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 355 | 1:2,160,748 | 72,368 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Thailand | 66 | 1:1,070,278 | 160,486 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Tanam (28,970) may also be a first name.
Tanam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanam (Hindi: तनम, Marathi: तनम, Oriya: ତନାମ, Russian: Танам) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tanam is the 480,002nd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 10,485,678 people. The last name Tanam is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Tanam live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 51 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 28,655th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 28,970 people.
This surname is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 355 people, or 1 in 2,160,748. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 60 percent live, Telangana, where 20 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 12 percent live. Apart from India Tanam exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and Thailand, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanam in the Hindi language | ||
| तनम | tanama | 88.89 |
| टनम | tanama | 5.56 |
| तनाम | tanama | 5.56 |
| Tanam in the Marathi language | ||
| तनम | tanama | 75 |
| तानम | tanama | 17.86 |
| तनाम | tanama | 3.57 |
| तणम | tanama | 3.57 |
| Tanam in the Oriya language | ||
| ତନାମ | tanama | 50 |
| ଟଣମ | tanama | 50 |
| Tanam in the Russian language | ||
| Танам | tanam | - |
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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 Tanam
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