Taniu Surname
Approximately 1,414 people bear this surname
Taniu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,354 | 1:97,673 | 10,140 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Taniu (126) may also be a first name.
Taniu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taniu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taniu is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taniu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Taniu is the 274,674th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,153,851 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Taniu are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 829,183rd most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 126 people.
Taniu is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,354 people, or 1 in 97,673. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 96 percent live, East Java, where 3 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 1 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Taniu
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