Tannhäuser Surname
Approximately 730 people bear this surname
Tannhäuser Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 684 | 1:117,698 | 14,444 |
| Czechia | 18 | 1:590,748 | 58,011 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Tannhauser (204) are calculated separately.
Tannhäuser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tannhäuser Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tannhäuser is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Tannhauser. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tannhäuser? popularity and diffusion
It is the 462,174th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,982,940 people. The last name Tannhäuser occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Tannhäuser reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 684 people, or 1 in 117,698. In Germany it is mostly found in: Saxony, where 19 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent reside and Bavaria, where 15 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 2 percent reside and Austria, where 2 percent reside.
Tannhäuser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tannhäuser has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tannhäuser surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tannhauser | 97 | 204 | / |
| Thannhäuser | 95 | 205 | / |
| Tanhäuser | 95 | 33 | / |
| Thanhäuser | 90 | 109 | / |
| Tannheuser | 90 | 16 | / |
| Tannhäuserová | 87 | 18 | / |
| Tannhaeuser | 86 | 23 | / |
| Thannheuser | 86 | 14 | / |
| Tonhäuser | 84 | 203 | / |
| Tanhauser | 84 | 61 | / |
| Tanhouser | 84 | 7 | / |
| Tanhäuserová | 82 | 33 | / |
| Thannhaeuser | 82 | 9 | / |
| Tanhäuserova | 82 | 1 | / |
| Thannhausser | 82 | 1 | / |
| Thanhauser | 80 | 86 | / |
| Thanhouser | 80 | 27 | / |
| Thanheuser | 80 | 5 | / |
| Thonhäuser | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tanahauser | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thanahuser | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thanhäuserová | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tonhauser | 74 | 318 | / |
| Tanhauzer | 74 | 5 | / |
| Tonhäuzer | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tonahuser | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tonhäuserová | 73 | 2 | / |
| Thonhauser | 70 | 650 | / |
| Tonhaeuser | 70 | 37 | / |
| Tanhusay | 67 | 22 | / |
| Tonhouse | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tanhushi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Tannhäuser
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