Tankam Surname
Approximately 2,307 people bear this surname
Tankam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,551 | 1:494,562 | 24,965 |
| Cameroon | 655 | 1:31,709 | 4,272 |
| Thailand | 66 | 1:1,070,278 | 160,486 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tankam (28,141) may also be a first name.
Tankam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tankam (Hindi: तनकम, Marathi: तंकम, Russian: Танкам) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 183,996th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,158,884 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 70 percent of Tankam are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Tankam is also the 29,286th most common given name internationally, held by 28,141 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 1,551 people, or 1 in 494,562. In India Tankam is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 79 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 12 percent live and Gujarat, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account India it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 28 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tankam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tankam in the Marathi language | ||
| तंकम | tankama | 77.27 |
| तांकम | tankama | 9.09 |
| तन्कम | tankama | 9.09 |
| तंगम | tangama | 4.55 |
| Tankam in the Hindi language | ||
| तनकम | tanakama | 50 |
| तंकाम | tankama | 25 |
| तंकम | tankama | 25 |
| Tankam in the Russian language | ||
| Танкам | tankam | - |
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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 Tankam
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