Tanket Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tanket Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tanket (11) may also be a first name.

Tanket Last Name Facts

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

Tanket is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanket? popularity and diffusion

Tanket is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Tanket occurs mostly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Tanket are found; 88 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 88 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tanket is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 11 people.

The surname Tanket is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea Tanket occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and The Congo, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tangket9217/
Tankest921/
Thankhet869/
Thangket861/
Tonket83128/
Tankit8339/
Tancet831/
Teangkeat802/
Thaingket802/
Thankit7774/
Tongket7767/
Tangkit7737/
Thanked7735/
Thamket775/
Tankhit775/
Thonket772/
Tankite771/
Tanquet770/
Theangkeat751/
Thongket71372/
Thamkhet7163/
Thanchet7136/
Tankicht713/
Thainkit713/
Tounkett712/
Thangked711/
Tongkiet711/
Tankid6743/
Tancit679/
Toncet673/
Tamkit671/
Thongkeat671/
Thongkiet671/
Tankichte671/

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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 Tanket
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