Tananan Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Tananan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tananan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand511:1,385,066192,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Tañañan (1) are calculated separately.

Tananan (513) may also be a first name.

Tananan Last Name Facts

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

Tananan occurs in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Tañañan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tananan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,661,929th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Tananan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Tananan live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 373,244th most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 513 people.

Tananan is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 1,385,066. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Chiang Mai Province, where 78 percent live, Bangkok, where 14 percent live and Kanchanaburi Province, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Thailand it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

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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 Tananan
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