Tanker Surname

739,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turkey

Tanker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1771:2,047,791130,814
Turkey1221:637,88133,648
England311:1,797,35772,927
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
India61:127,844,230863,365
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Tanker (73) may also be a first name.

Tanker Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tanker Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tanker (Arabic: تنكر, Russian: Танкер) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanker? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 739,868th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Tanker live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tanker is also the 1,134,117th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 73 people.

Tanker is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 2,047,791. In The United States Tanker is primarily found in: Georgia, where 20 percent reside, Ohio, where 16 percent reside and California, where 13 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 31 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Tanker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tanker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tanker surname increased 1,362 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tanker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tanker surname are 11.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.06% being registered with the political party.

The amount Tanker earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 81.71% more than the national average, earning 628,851 kr per year and in United States they earn 13.95% more than the national average, earning $49,169 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tankere92132/
Tanıker9225/
Thanker9211/
Tangker929/
T'Anker921/
Tankeer921/
Tangkere86602/
Tangkerd862/
Thankerd862/
Tanckere862/
Tankherd860/
Tancer83459/
Tankır83238/
Tankir8357/
Tonker8340/
Tamker8332/
Tancher7728/
Tangkir7717/
Tonkere7715/
Thankre777/
Tanqeer775/
Tanceer773/
Taunkir773/
Tamkerd771/
Tongker771/
Tainkir771/
Tounker770/
Thancer770/
Tongkerd71103/
Tangkjær713/
Toonkerd712/
Tongkear711/
Tankaire711/
Thongker711/
Thongkerd67438/
Tancre67293/
Tonkır6727/
Toncer6726/
Tomker6715/
Tancir678/
Tamkır677/
Thongkert673/
Thongkere672/
Thonhkerd671/
Tongkeart671/
Thongkeur671/
Tanqir671/
Táncer671/
Tonkir671/
Thanchear671/
Tangcheer671/

Tanker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanker in the Russian language
Танкерtanker-
Tanker in the Arabic language
تنكرtnkr-

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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 Tanker
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