Tankea Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Tankea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Tankea (9) may also be a first name.
Tankea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tankea is most common in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tankea is the 10,311,814th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tankea live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 9 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 50 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Tankea is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Tankea
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