Tanchu Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Tanchu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanchu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1021:452,74423,898
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Tanchu (427) may also be a first name.

Tanchu Last Name Facts

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

Tanchu (Hindi: टन्चू, Marathi: तान्चू, Russian: Танчу, Tibetan: ཏཱན་ཆུ།) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanchu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,775,494th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. Tanchu occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tanchu are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 415,584th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 427 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 452,744. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kajiado County, where 97 percent reside, Busia County, where 1 percent reside and Makueni County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Tanchu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tanchu surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tanchou92139/
Tancheu922/
Tanchut921/
Tanchup921/
Tancu91571/
Tantchou86312/
Tanchoux86292/
Tanchaud86103/
Tantcheu8623/
Tanchaut8612/
Tancau83571/
Tamchu83169/
Tanciu83129/
Tonchu8334/
Tenchu8329/
Tanzhu8310/
Tanshu8310/
Tancou837/
Teancu831/
Tankhu831/
Thanhchau800/
Tenchou7711/
Tanzhou778/
Tonchui774/
Tanchoo773/
Tankhui772/
Tonchou771/
Tamcheu771/
Tonchut771/
Tonchau771/
Toncheu771/
Tanchão771/
Tanju733,884/
Tansu731,816/
Toncu73944/
Tanzu73636/
Tanxu7317/
Tanžu731/
Tamchhus71211/
Tanzhaus7125/
Thamchou7121/
Tanceusz718/
Thamchus715/
Tontcheu713/
Tontchou713/
Tamtcheu712/
Tamtchou712/
Tanzusch711/
Thenchou711/
Tanceuzs711/
Tonciu67472/
Tansuğ67264/
Thanju67216/
Tansui67194/
Thansu67183/
Tandju6798/
Toncou6733/
Tanjud6727/
Tanjut6716/
Tanjou679/
Tanzou678/
Tansou676/
Tanjui674/
Tanzuu674/
Tansup673/
Tansuy672/
Tamshu672/
Tangiu672/
Tantsu671/
Thanxu671/
Tansus671/
Tanjuh671/
Tanjuy671/
Tansiu671/
Tansau671/
Tohsinchu671/
Tanjeu671/

Tanchu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanchu in the Tibetan language
ཏཱན་ཆུ།tenchu-
Tanchu in the Marathi language
तान्चूtancu-
Tanchu in the Hindi language
टन्चूtancu80
टंचूtancu20
Tanchu in the Russian language
Танчуtancu-

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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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  • 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 Tanchu
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