Tankol Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tankol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tankol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Tankol (4) may also be a first name.

Tankol Last Name Facts

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

Tankol (Russian: Танкол) is most common in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tankol? popularity and diffusion

Tankol is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Tankol is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Tankol reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tankol is also the 6,192,526th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 4 people.

Tankol is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 50 percent live and Southwest Region, where 50 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tankoul92136/
Tankool9264/
Tangkol9227/
Tankole921/
Tangkoil8658/
Tangkool861/
Tankal83584/
Tankul83278/
Tonkol831/
Theankool801/
Teangkool801/
Tangkal7799/
Thankal7750/
Tankale7739/
Tongkol7713/
Tangkul7710/
Tangcol7710/
Thankul776/
Tankull774/
Teankul774/
Taunkal773/
Tonkole772/
Tankhal771/
Tonkool771/
Tonckol771/
Tankule771/
Tangkhul71109/
Thaunkul714/
Teangkul713/
Thankhul713/
Thongkol712/
Thankale712/
Thankkal711/
Thonkool711/
Theankul711/
Tonkal67821/
Tonkul67205/
Tankulova6736/
Thongkool6723/
Tancal6710/
Thangkhul675/
Teangkull671/
Tounkoule671/
Tonkollle671/

Tankol Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tankol in the Russian language
Танколtankol-

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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 Tankol
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