Tankassi Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Tankassi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 149 | 1:69,366 | 8,381 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Tankassi (24) may also be a first name.
Tankassi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankassi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tankassi is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankassi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tankassi is the 1,434,893rd most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tankassi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 24 people.
The last name Tankassi is most common in Benin, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 69,366. In Benin Tankassi is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 84 percent live, Atakora Department, where 12 percent live and Borgou Department, where 4 percent live. Other than Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tankkassi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Tankasi | 93 | 17 | / |
| Tankasse | 88 | 52 | / |
| Tangkasi | 88 | 6 | / |
| Tankossi | 88 | 5 | / |
| Thankasi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tankasai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tangkasih | 82 | 4 | / |
| Tangkasit | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tankoossi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tancasi | 80 | 48 | / |
| Tankosi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tankaci | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tankosić | 75 | 1,578 | / |
| Tongkasi | 75 | 374 | / |
| Tancasis | 75 | 28 | / |
| Tankaize | 75 | 17 | / |
| Tankosai | 75 | 4 | / |
| Tangkesi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tangkasa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tankesse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tamkasai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thongkasi | 71 | 125 | / |
| Tankosich | 71 | 10 | / |
| Tankuisie | 71 | 10 | / |
| Tangkasay | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tonkosi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tancasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonkase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thankauser | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tankassi
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