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 occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanoka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Tanoka are found; 66 percent are found in East Asia and 66 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 31 people.
Tanoka is most commonly used in Japan, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 3,455,251. In Japan Tanoka is mostly concentrated in: Nara Prefecture, where 97 percent are found and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Japan it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.
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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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