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 in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankeu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 77,937th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,161,547 people. The last name Tankeu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tankeu are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tankeu is also the 1,143,416th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 72 people.
The last name Tankeu is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 6,168 people, or 1 in 3,367. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent are found, Centre Region, where 34 percent are found and West Region, where 20 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Tankeu
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