Tankouano Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Tankouano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 258 | 1:71,132 | 2,685 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
Tankouano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankouano Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tankouano is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankouano? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 902,012th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tankouano reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 71,132. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Est Region, where 72 percent live, Sahel Region, where 13 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tankouanou | 95 | 128 | / |
| Tankoano | 94 | 70,008 | / |
| Tankoanou | 89 | 2 | / |
| Tankoanoa | 89 | 2 | / |
| Tankouana | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tankoanno | 89 | 1 | / |
| Taankoano | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tannkoano | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tankoanop | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tankoaano | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tonkouanou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Tankououno | 84 | 1 | / |
| Tankoana | 82 | 126 | / |
| Tankaono | 82 | 115 | / |
| Tonkoano | 82 | 37 | / |
| Tamkoano | 82 | 7 | / |
| Tancoano | 82 | 4 | / |
| Tankaona | 71 | 31 | / |
| Tonkaono | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thongkoanoi | 70 | 1 | / |
| Tangkaona | 67 | 9 | / |
| Thangkaona | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tonkeijano | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Tankouano
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