Tanko Surname
Approximately 185,371 people bear this surname
Tanko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 133,329 | 1:1,329 | 170 |
| Niger | 33,803 | 1:568 | 93 |
| Ghana | 7,897 | 1:3,422 | 513 |
| Romania | 2,786 | 1:7,207 | 949 |
| Cameroon | 1,672 | 1:12,422 | 1,678 |
| Togo | 1,470 | 1:4,930 | 918 |
| Chad | 963 | 1:14,114 | 1,774 |
| Benin | 513 | 1:20,147 | 2,697 |
| Turkey | 501 | 1:155,332 | 12,167 |
| United States | 420 | 1:862,997 | 65,593 |
| Ukraine | 396 | 1:114,956 | 16,349 |
| Slovenia | 290 | 1:8,578 | 1,959 |
| Russia | 226 | 1:637,713 | 55,512 |
| Slovakia | 116 | 1:46,004 | 8,763 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Burkina Faso | 98 | 1:187,266 | 4,236 |
| Japan | 92 | 1:1,389,612 | 23,539 |
| England | 62 | 1:898,678 | 46,462 |
| Canada | 47 | 1:783,949 | 61,790 |
| Iran | 46 | 1:1,669,185 | 63,826 |
| Czechia | 45 | 1:236,299 | 32,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Albania | 30 | 1:97,135 | 9,519 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Hungary | 26 | 1:377,549 | 26,409 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Serbia | 12 | 1:595,412 | 21,526 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
The alternate forms: Tankó (2,367) are calculated separately.
Tanko (74,074) may also be a first name.
Tanko Demographics
Average Tanko Salary in
United States
$43,993 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tanko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanko (Hindi: टांको, Marathi: तानकु, Russian: Танько) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Tankó. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tanko.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanko? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,036th most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 39,313 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tanko live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tanko is also the 13,223rd most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 74,074 people.
The last name Tanko is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 133,329 people, or 1 in 1,329. In Nigeria Tanko is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 16 percent live, Taraba, where 13 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 77 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 18 percent live and Ghana, where 4 percent live.
Tanko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Muslim (68%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Tanko last name are 0.99% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.22% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tanko earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.96% more than the national average, earning $43,993 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.52% less than the national average, earning $41,474 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanko in the Marathi language | ||
| तानकु | tanaku | - |
| Tanko in the Hindi language | ||
| टांको | tanko | 61.54 |
| तनको | tanako | 15.38 |
| टॉंको | tonko | 7.69 |
| टाँको | tamko | 7.69 |
| तान्को | tanko | 7.69 |
| Tanko in the Russian language | ||
| Танько | tanko | - |
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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 Tanko
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