Tankara Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Niger

Tankara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tankara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1161:6,612,633149,434
Turkey621:1,255,18452,483
Ivory Coast331:699,12819,606
Niger331:581,57614,627
Senegal161:911,2093,010
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Burkina Faso51:3,670,42019,318
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Tankara (1,565) may also be a first name.

Tankara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tankara (Hindi: टांकरा) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tankara? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tankara is the 930,678th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 52 percent of Tankara live; 41 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Tankara is also the 195,783rd most numerous forename internationally, held by 1,565 people.

This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 6,612,633. In India Tankara is most numerous in: Telangana, where 77 percent reside, Rajasthan, where 12 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 6 percent reside. Other than India it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 22 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent reside.

Tankara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tankara has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tankara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tankara in the Hindi language
टांकराtankara60
टाँकराtamkara33.33
टंकाराtankara6.67

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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 Tankara
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