Tanks Surname

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

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Tanks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States601:836,97851,589

Tanks (15) may also be a first name.

Tanks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tanks (Russian: Танкс) is borne by more people in Cambodia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Tanks are found; 33 percent are found in South Asia and 33 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Tanks is also the 2,900,335th most numerous forename at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.

It is most frequently held in Cambodia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 15,487,146. In Cambodia Tanks is most common in: Siem Reap Province, where 100 percent live. Outside of Cambodia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 33 percent live and Iran, where 33 percent live.

Tanks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tanks has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thanks91382/
Tangks913/
Teanks912/
Tahnks911/
Thankxs833/
Thaanks831/
Thankse831/
Tonks807,549/
Tangs8042/
Tancs8026/
Tangse7322/
Toncks7311/
Tangås738/
Thangs736/
Toinks733/
Tonkss731/
Tõks6719/
Thanchs670/
Tongs60607/
Toncs6011/
Táncs604/
Tomks604/
Taanx601/
Thanx601/
Thongs55123/
Tongse5555/
Theanx5518/
Toings551/
Toungs550/
Thoings501/
Thongse501/
Tangquz501/
Toungse501/

Tanks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanks in the Russian language
Танксtanks-

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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 Tanks
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