Tankere Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Tankere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tankere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1311:507,04470,604
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

The alternate forms: Tankéré (8) are calculated separately.

Tankere (24) may also be a first name.

Tankere Last Name Facts

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

Tankere is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Tankéré. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tankere? popularity and diffusion

Tankere is the 1,558,593rd most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Tankere reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent forename internationally, borne by 24 people.

This surname is most common in France, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 507,044. In France Tankere is primarily concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 46 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 45 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 5 percent reside. Outside of France this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Tankere
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