Tankoan Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tankoan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Tankoan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankoan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tankoan has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankoan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tankoan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,117,367. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Est Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso Tankoan occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Tankoan
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