Tanben Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Tanben Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanben Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia711:33,9354,951
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Tanben Last Name Facts

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

Tanben is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanben? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,220,661st most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Tanben occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tanben are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Namibia, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 33,935. In Namibia Tanben is mostly concentrated in: Khomas Region, where 93 percent live, Hardap Region, where 6 percent live and Zambezi Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Namibia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 1 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tanbaen921/
Tanbin831,726/
Tamben83199/
Tanwen8310/
Tanueng77256/
Tambien77203/
Tambeng77135/
Tamboen7741/
Tanween7712/
Tanwaen774/
Tanbing772/
Tanbina772/
Toonben771/
Tanbuin771/
Tonbeng771/
Tannueng716/
Tanoueng711/
Thammben711/
Teinbeng711/
Thainwen711/
Tanwin67226/
Tomben6786/
Tambem677/
Tonwen672/
Tonbin672/
Tambne672/
Tamvne671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tanben
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