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) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered as: Tänava. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,075,631st most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Tanava live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 285,396th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 820 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 10,365,748. In India Tanava is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 93 percent live and Jharkhand, where 7 percent live. Outside of India this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
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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