Tankoye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Tankoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Tankoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tankoye is more commonly found in The Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Tankoye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tankoye reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in The Congo, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 831,516. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Likouala Department, where 67 percent are found, Brazzaville Department, where 17 percent are found and Cuvette Department, where 17 percent are found. Aside from The Congo this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 33 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 Tankoye
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