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 most common in India. It can be found as: Tänava. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanava? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tanava is the 2,075,631st most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Tanava occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Tanava are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Tanava is also the 285,396th most common given name worldwide, borne by 820 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 10,365,748. In India it is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 93 percent live and Jharkhand, where 7 percent live. Excluding India this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common 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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