Tankeng Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Tankeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 216 | 1:327,029 | 56,393 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
Tankeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tankeng occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tankeng.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankeng? popularity and diffusion
It is the 849,693rd most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. Tankeng occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Tankeng reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Tai-Asia.
Tankeng is most common in Thailand, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 327,029. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Phang Nga Province, where 67 percent live, Phuket Province, where 28 percent live and Bangkok, where 3 percent live. Besides Thailand this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tangkeng | 93 | 81 | / |
| Tankieng | 93 | 1 | / |
| Thankaeng | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tanking | 86 | 181 | / |
| Tamkeng | 86 | 34 | / |
| Tonkeng | 86 | 13 | / |
| Tanceng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thangkieng | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tangceng | 80 | 25 | / |
| Tongkeng | 80 | 25 | / |
| Tangking | 80 | 20 | / |
| Tancheng | 80 | 12 | / |
| Thanking | 80 | 4 | / |
| Teinkeng | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tuonkeng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tankyong | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tanquieng | 75 | 45 | / |
| Thongkeng | 75 | 35 | / |
| Thancheng | 75 | 4 | / |
| Tangcheng | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tongkieng | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tankink | 71 | 339 | / |
| Tonking | 71 | 99 | / |
| Tancing | 71 | 11 | / |
| Tonceng | 71 | 8 | / |
| Thongkieng | 71 | 5 | / |
| Thancng | 71 | 3 | / |
| Taingcheng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanqing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thonking | 67 | 75 | / |
| Taankink | 67 | 53 | / |
| Tanching | 67 | 49 | / |
| Tongceng | 67 | 13 | / |
| Thamking | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tonkings | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tanqiong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toumkeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toonking | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thanching | 63 | 31 | / |
| Tangching | 63 | 4 | / |
| Tongcheng | 63 | 4 | / |
| Toomking | 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 Tankeng
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