Tankama Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Tankama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Tankama (1,587) may also be a first name.
Tankama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tankama (Hindi: तन्कमा, Marathi: तंकामा) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tankama is the 2,034,059th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Tankama live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tankama is also the 194,108th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 1,587 people.
The last name Tankama is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Barring The DR Congo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 15 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tankamah | 93 | 16 | / |
| Tankamma | 93 | 4 | / |
| Thankama | 93 | 2 | / |
| Tankamai | 93 | 1 | / |
| Thankamma | 88 | 247 | / |
| Tankhamai | 88 | 51 | / |
| Tankamaai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tahankama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tankoma | 86 | 74 | / |
| Tankame | 86 | 7 | / |
| Tankamo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tankami | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tonkama | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tankahamat | 82 | 1 | / |
| Thankkamma | 82 | 1 | / |
| Thankamo | 80 | 22 | / |
| Tankameh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tankamge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tankames | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tankamod | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thongkama | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tancamahy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thankames | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tancamash | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tankomi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Tongkeamha | 71 | 11 | / |
| Thongkamma | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tongkeamah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tankome | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tamkame | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamkami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thongkamai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thongkhamma | 67 | 371 | / |
| Thongkhamai | 67 | 118 | / |
| Tangkome | 67 | 26 | / |
| Thamkami | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tongkame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tankoumi | 67 | 1 | / |
Tankama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tankama in the Hindi language | ||
| तन्कमा | tankama | 50 |
| टंकमा | tankama | 50 |
| Tankama in the Marathi language | ||
| तंकामा | tankama | 33.33 |
| तंकचन | tankacana | 33.33 |
| तन्कमा | tankama | 33.33 |
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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 Tankama
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