Tankano Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Tankano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 27 | 1:679,707 | 8,167 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Tankano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tankano is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tankano click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankano? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. Tankano occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tankano live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 679,707. In Burkina Faso it is mostly found in: Sahel Region, where 85 percent live and Est Region, where 15 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tankamnot | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tankana | 86 | 12 | / |
| Tonkano | 86 | 9 | / |
| Tankono | 86 | 6 | / |
| Tamkano | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tancano | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tankhamnoi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tangkana | 80 | 35 | / |
| Tankouno | 80 | 8 | / |
| Tankonoh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Tankoino | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tankanna | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thankana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tankonou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tonkanoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tangkhana | 75 | 16 | / |
| Tankoinho | 75 | 6 | / |
| Tankaanas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tankaanap | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tankounou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tonkana | 71 | 37 | / |
| Tonkono | 71 | 7 | / |
| Tongkamnoi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tamkana | 71 | 2 | / |
| Toncano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tonkonoh | 67 | 1,784 | / |
| Tankouna | 67 | 31 | / |
| Tanqueno | 67 | 25 | / |
| Tangkona | 67 | 23 | / |
| Tanceana | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tankeina | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tamkhana | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tonkonot | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tamkanha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tonkonos | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tongkana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tounkana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tonkonou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonkoino | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thonhkamnoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thongkamnoi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tankano
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