Tankó Surname
Approximately 2,367 people bear this surname
Tankó Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,226 | 1:16,377 | 2,102 |
| Hungary | 1,067 | 1:9,200 | 1,073 |
| Slovakia | 50 | 1:106,729 | 20,187 |
| Czechia | 21 | 1:506,356 | 52,868 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Tanko (185,371) are calculated separately.
Tankó Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tankó Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tankó is most common in Romania. It can occur in the variant forms: Tanko. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tankó? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 180,115th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,078,811 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Tankó live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 52 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 1,226 people, or 1 in 16,377. In Romania it is most common in: Harghita County, where 81 percent live, Covasna County, where 10 percent live and Bacău County, where 6 percent live. Beside Romania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 45 percent live and Slovakia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Tankó
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