Tankem Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Tankem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 87 | 1:238,725 | 23,654 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tankem (10) may also be a first name.
Tankem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tankem has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tankem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,943,350th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tankem reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon Tankem is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 57 percent live, Northwest Region, where 37 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tangkem | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tankeme | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tangkhem | 86 | 4 | / |
| Thangkem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tatenkem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tankim | 83 | 197 | / |
| Tamkem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tonkem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tangkim | 77 | 49 | / |
| Tonkeme | 77 | 11 | / |
| Tankhim | 77 | 9 | / |
| Tankuim | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tankoim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thongkem | 71 | 13 | / |
| Tangkhim | 71 | 6 | / |
| Tongkhem | 71 | 3 | / |
| Thangkim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tangkaim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tatemkem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thongkhem | 67 | 131 | / |
| Thangkhim | 67 | 33 | / |
| Tankimova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tankaghim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thongkeam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tancim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonkim | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tanchim | 62 | 179 | / |
| Tongkim | 62 | 15 | / |
| Tamgkim | 62 | 1 | / |
| Thongkim | 57 | 25 | / |
| Tangchim | 57 | 3 | / |
| Tanhchim | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tangcgim | 57 | 1 | / |
| Thongkhim | 53 | 4 | / |
| Thongchem | 53 | 3 | / |
| Thuongkim | 53 | 1 | / |
| Thangchim | 53 | 1 | / |
| Thongkiom | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Tankem
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