Taninu Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Taninu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
Taninu (49) may also be a first name.
Taninu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taninu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taninu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Taninu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taninu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,871,545th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Taninu is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Taninu reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 49 people.
Taninu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 23 percent reside, Adamawa, where 20 percent reside and Taraba, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Taninu exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taningu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Taininu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tanuinu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Taninou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tagninou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thanninu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tanunu | 83 | 19 | / |
| Teninu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Tanenu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Taneanu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Tanenou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tangenu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Togninou | 71 | 734 | / |
| Thanenou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanengou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanenout | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanenhaus | 67 | 125 | / |
| Tenenu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tahnhenou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Togninhou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thanhenou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thogninou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tannenhaus | 63 | 46 | / |
| Thanetnuth | 63 | 4 | / |
| Tamnenhaus | 63 | 1 | / |
| Toneanu | 62 | 8 | / |
| Tongenu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tonenou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tonengu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tonhunnu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Teenenou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tonunu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Taninu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis