Tanatu Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tanatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa851:637,38547,411
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Tanatu (120) may also be a first name.

Tanatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tanatu (Hindi: टन्नु, Marathi: तानतू) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tanatu is the 1,612,213th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Tanatu live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tanatu is also the 852,104th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 120 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 637,385. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 96 percent are found, Free State, where 1 percent are found and North West, where 1 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.

Tanatu Last Name Statistics demography

Tanatu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.12% less than the national average, earning R 47,244 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tanatu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanatu in the Marathi language
तानतूtanatu60
तनटुtanatu20
टनटुtanatu20
Tanatu in the Hindi language
टन्नुtannu33.33
टनटूtanatu33.33
टनटुtanatu33.33

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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 Tanatu
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