Tanira Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Tanira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Palestine | 19 | 1:239,413 | 9,903 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Tañira (1) & Tañirá (1) are calculated separately.
Tanira (756) may also be a first name.
Tanira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanira (Hindi: तनीरा, Marathi: तानीरा, Russian: Танира) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Tañira or Tañirá. Click here for further possible spellings of Tanira.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,658,108th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname Tanira is primarily found in Asia, where 41 percent of Tanira are found; 31 percent are found in Southern Africa and 31 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 298,808th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 756 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 417,250. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 54 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 24 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 19 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 16 percent reside and Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanira in the Marathi language | ||
| तानीरा | tanira | - |
| Tanira in the Hindi language | ||
| तनीरा | tanira | 50 |
| तनिरा | tanira | 50 |
| Tanira in the Russian language | ||
| Танира | tanira | - |
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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 Tanira
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