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
The surname Tankeu occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankeu? popularity and diffusion
Tankeu is the 77,937th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,161,547 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tankeu reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tankeu is also the 1,143,416th most commonly held given name in the world, borne by 72 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 6,168 people, or 1 in 3,367. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent live, Centre Region, where 34 percent live and West Region, where 20 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common 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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