Tanlaka Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Tanlaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 686 | 1:30,276 | 4,092 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Tanlaka (13) may also be a first name.
Tanlaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanlaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanlaka occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tanlaka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanlaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tanlaka is the 477,400th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,410,780 people. The surname Tanlaka is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tanlaka reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tanlaka is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 13 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 686 people, or 1 in 30,276. In Cameroon Tanlaka is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 84 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Tanlaka occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanlaka | 93 | 64 | / |
| Ttanlaka | 93 | 5 | / |
| Tanlako | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thanlake | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tanlakhe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tounlaka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thanlakit | 75 | 5 | / |
| Tanloko | 71 | 75 | / |
| Tanlahakit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamlaki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanloki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamloka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thamloka | 67 | 114 | / |
| Tanlaico | 67 | 16 | / |
| Tanlayco | 67 | 5 | / |
| Thanlahakij | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thanlahakit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanlaqui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tomlakais | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tonlackey | 63 | 0 | / |
| Tonloko | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tanlioco | 53 | 62 | / |
| Tonlekeu | 53 | 3 | / |
| Tamlasco | 53 | 1 | / |
| Toumlakou | 50 | 12 | / |
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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 Tanlaka
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