Tanoka Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Tanoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 37 | 1:3,455,251 | 34,832 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tanoka (31) may also be a first name.
Tanoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanoka is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanoka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Tanoka occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Tanoka live; 66 percent live in East Asia and 66 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 31 people.
This surname is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 3,455,251. In Japan it is most frequent in: Nara Prefecture, where 97 percent reside and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Japan this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 18 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Tanoka
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