Tankaya Surname
Approximately 422 people bear this surname
Tankaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 189 | 1:54,686 | 6,829 |
| Turkey | 127 | 1:612,767 | 32,803 |
| Thailand | 83 | 1:851,064 | 135,450 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Tankaya (215) may also be a first name.
Tankaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tankaya (Marathi: तंकया, Oriya: ଟାୟା, Russian: Танкая) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 698,433rd most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 51 percent of Tankaya reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tankaya is also the 616,131st most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 215 people.
The surname Tankaya is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 54,686. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Collines Department, where 70 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 8 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 8 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 30 percent are found and Thailand, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tankaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tankaya in the Marathi language | ||
| तंकया | tankaya | - |
| Tankaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟାୟା | taya | 80 |
| ଟାାୟା | taaya | 5 |
| ଗୁୁଟାୟା | guutaya | 5 |
| ରାୁଟାୟା | rautaya | 5 |
| ଦୁପନା | dupana | 5 |
| Tankaya in the Russian language | ||
| Танкая | tankaa | - |
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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 Tankaya
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