Tankeu Surname
Approximately 6,274 people bear this surname
Tankeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 6,168 | 1:3,367 | 406 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Tankeu (72) may also be a first name.
Tankeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tankeu is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankeu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 77,937th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,161,547 people. Tankeu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tankeu live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly held forename globally, borne by 72 people.
Tankeu is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 6,168 people, or 1 in 3,367. In Cameroon Tankeu is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent live, Centre Region, where 34 percent live and West Region, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.
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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 Tankeu
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