Tankoh Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Tankoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 242 | 1:85,823 | 10,423 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tankoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tankoh is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankoh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 983,245th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Tankoh reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 85,823. In Cameroon Tankoh is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 54 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 26 percent are found and Centre Region, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Tankoh
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