Tanmu Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tanmu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanmu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1541:830,15818,406
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768

Tanmu (278) may also be a first name.

Tanmu Last Name Facts

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

Tanmu (Hindi: टंमू) is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tanmu.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanmu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,300,225th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Tanmu are found; 89 percent are found in East Asia and 89 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 532,586th most frequent first name globally, borne by 278 people.

It is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 830,158. In Japan Tanmu is mostly found in: Mie Prefecture, where 75 percent are found, Nara Prefecture, where 23 percent are found and Aichi Prefecture, where 1 percent are found. Besides Japan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tamnmu9135/
Tanmou9129/
Tanmeu911/
Thanmu911/
Tanmuh911/
Tammu806,031/
Tammou731,882/
Tonmeu73101/
Tammuz7351/
Tammus7331/
Tammut739/
Tammau732/
Tammuu731/
Tonmus731/
Tammeu731/
Tammous67287/
Tammeus6777/
Tounmou671/
Tammouh671/
Tammouch624/
Thammaut621/
Thammaud621/
Tammoush621/
Tahammou621/
Tommu607/
Tahammout571/
Tommeu5511/
Tommou556/
Tommus551/
Thommus503/
Toummou503/

Tanmu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanmu in the Hindi language
टंमूtammu75
टंमुtammu16.67
टिन्मूtinmu8.33

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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 Tanmu
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