Tanbai Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Tanbai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tanbai (392) may also be a first name.
Tanbai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanbai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanbai (Marathi: तान्बाई) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanbai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,353,468th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Tanbai are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 436,979th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 392 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 74 percent live, Gombe, where 11 percent live and Kano, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 20 percent live and Thailand, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanbai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanbai in the Marathi language | ||
| तान्बाई | tanba'i | 50 |
| तानबाई | tanaba'i | 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 Tanbai
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