Tanok Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tanok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
Turkey211:3,705,78295,296
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Tanok (64) may also be a first name.

Tanok Last Name Facts

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

Tanok (Russian: Танок) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanok? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,871,545th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Tanok live; 41 percent live in Oceania Islands and 41 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tanok is also the 1,223,525th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 64 people.

This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea Tanok is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 63 percent are found and Madang, where 38 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 21 percent are found and Thailand, where 19 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thanok91364/
Tannok9147/
Tangok9121/
Tanook916/
Tanhok915/
Tasnok913/
Tanoke913/
Tanock913/
Tanouk912/
Tannock83968/
Thainok8336/
Thanook834/
Tanoukh834/
Tamnnok831/
Tanhock831/
Tamnouk831/
Tanhook830/
Thanock830/
Tanak801,366/
Tanog801,172/
Tanuk80109/
Tanoc80102/
Tonok8086/
Tenok8027/
Tanokova7755/
Thainnok771/
Thanoojk771/
Tangog73952/
Thanak73885/
Tainak73333/
Tanake7348/
Thanuk7338/
Tasnak7335/
Taynak7334/
Toinok7333/
Tannak7330/
Tanuke7326/
Tanakh7321/
Tangak7317/
Tanoux7316/
Tonhok7314/
Tanack7312/
Tongok737/
Toonok736/
Tonnok732/
Tanoog732/
Tanguk732/
Tanhoc732/
Taunak732/
Tonock732/
Tahnuk731/
Thanoc731/
Tanhak731/
Tanhog731/
Tanooc731/
Tanaak731/
Thanake67537/
Tongnok67120/
Tannoux6766/
Tonoike6749/
Tanhuke6746/
Thamnak6711/
Thannak679/
Tohngok674/
Thonnok674/
Thanaks673/
Thognok672/
Toomnok672/
Toonnok672/
Tounock672/
Thatnak672/
Tanaakh671/
Teamnak671/
Taynake671/
Thanakh671/
Tenoyck671/
Thanaak671/
Taingog671/
Thannuk671/
Tangoug671/
Tannakh671/
Taunoux671/
Ta'naak671/
Thomnok671/
Thangog671/
Teanack670/

Tanok Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanok in the Russian language
Танокtanok-

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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 Tanok
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