Tankoano Surname

8,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70,008 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Tankoano Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tankoano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso69,7321:26341
Benin1331:77,7119,241
Niger831:231,2297,510
Senegal141:1,041,3823,211
France131:5,109,440259,941
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
England21:27,859,030389,889
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Tankoano (103) may also be a first name.

Tankoano Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tankoano Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tankoano is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tankoano? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tankoano is the 8,131st most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 104,096 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tankoano live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tankoano is also the 930,172nd most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 103 people.

Tankoano is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 69,732 people, or 1 in 263. In Burkina Faso Tankoano is primarily found in: Est Region, where 97 percent live, Centre Region, where 2 percent live and Centre-Est Region, where 0 percent live. Besides Burkina Faso Tankoano is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 0 percent live and Niger, 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
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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 Tankoano
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