Tanava Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Tanava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 74 | 1:10,365,748 | 197,751 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Tänava (12) are calculated separately.
Tanava (820) may also be a first name.
Tanava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanava (Hindi: तनावा, Marathi: तानवा) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Tänava. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,075,631st most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. Tanava is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Tanava reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 285,396th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 820 people.
It is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 10,365,748. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 93 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 7 percent reside. Outside of India it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanava in the Marathi language | ||
| तानवा | tanava | 93.75 |
| हणवाडे | hanavade | 6.25 |
| Tanava in the Hindi language | ||
| तनावा | tanava | 50 |
| तनवा | tanava | 50 |
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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 Tanava
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