Taneca Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Taneca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 72 | 1:1,406,086 | 101,646 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
The alternate forms: Tañeca (1,274) are calculated separately.
Taneca (619) may also be a first name.
Taneca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taneca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taneca is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Tañeca. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taneca? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,931,261st most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Taneca live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 72 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 335,240th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 619 people.
The last name is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 1,406,086. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Northern Mindanao, where 25 percent are found, Mimaropa, where 21 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 13 percent are found. Other than The Philippines Taneca occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Taneca
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