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 occurs most in Benin. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankassi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,434,893rd most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tankassi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name globally, borne by 24 people.
The last name Tankassi is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 69,366. In Benin it is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 84 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 12 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Benin Tankassi occurs in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis