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 surname Tanatu (Hindi: टन्नु, Marathi: तानतू) occurs most in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,612,213th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 prevalent first name on earth, borne by 120 people.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 637,385. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 96 percent are found, Free State, where 1 percent are found and North West, where 1 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name exists 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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