Tanit Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Tanit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 109 | 1:713,958 | 36,326 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 1:2,320,161 | 139,963 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Tanit (3,046) may also be a first name.
Tanit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanit (Arabic: تانيت, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻧﻴﺖ, Hindi: तनीत, Oriya: ଟନିତ, Russian: Танит) occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanit? popularity and diffusion
It is the 893,754th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Tanit live; 40 percent live in West Asia and 36 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Tanit is also the 130,858th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 3,046 people.
This last name is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 713,958. In Turkey Tanit is most numerous in: Sirnak Province, where 37 percent live, Ankara Province, where 21 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 12 percent live. Apart from Turkey this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and India, where 19 percent live.
Tanit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tanit has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tanit surname increased 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanit in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻧﻴﺖ | tanyt | - |
| Tanit in the Hindi language | ||
| तनीत | tanita | - |
| Tanit in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟନିତ | tanita | - |
| Tanit in the Russian language | ||
| Танит | tanit | - |
| Tanit in the Arabic language | ||
| تانيت | tanyt | - |
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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 Tanit
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