Tankane Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Tankane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tankane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Niger151:1,279,46826,841
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tankane (51) may also be a first name.

Tankane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tankane Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tankane occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tankane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,152,526th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname Tankane occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tankane live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tankane is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 51 people.

The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 1,259,947. In South Africa it is mostly found in: North West, where 95 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 2 percent reside and Free State, where 2 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 22 percent reside and Niger, where 19 percent reside.

Tankane Last Name Statistics demography

Tankane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.94% less than the national average, earning R 45,300 per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tankane
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