Tanaw Surname

573,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Tanaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo5251:13,8053,854
India101:76,706,538639,611
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tanaw (35) may also be a first name.

Tanaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tanaw (Hindi: तनवा) occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tanaw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanaw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tanaw is the 573,706th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tanaw reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tanaw is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 35 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Togo, where it is carried by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Apart from Togo this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Tanaw Last Name Statistics demography

Tanaw earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 67.07% less than the national average, earning $14,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tanawe9187/
Thanaw916/
Tainaw911/
Tahnaw911/
Tanauw911/
Thamnaw831/
Tainawe831/
Thaunaw830/
Tenaw8015,327/
Tanav8035/
Tanab8027/
Tanow8022/
Tanaf8011/
Tonaw806/
Tanova731,353/
Toonaw73117/
Tanabh7390/
Tounaw7340/
Tainow7330/
Tannaf7327/
Tanowe7317/
Tanowa7313/
Tangow7313/
Tannab736/
Tanaff734/
Tanaib734/
Tenauw733/
Thanav733/
Taunab731/
Tanaab731/
Tahnab731/
Tainab731/
Tanafe731/
Tanaif731/
Tanhaf731/
Thangnawh7115/
Taynova67467/
Tainova6736/
Tangova6722/
Thanaph6719/
Tannowa6713/
Taunova6713/
Taanova679/
Thamnow674/
Tajnova674/
Thangav672/
Tannova672/
Thomnaw671/
Teanova671/
Tanavsh671/
Tounawe671/
Toinawe671/
Teanhow671/

Tanaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanaw in the Hindi language
तनवाtanava66.67
तानवाtanava33.33

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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
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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 Tanaw
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