Tanoma Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Tanoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tanoma (1,786) may also be a first name.
Tanoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanoma occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanoma? popularity and diffusion
Tanoma is the 3,543,123rd most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Tanoma live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tanoma is also the 181,002nd most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,786 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Tanoma is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 93 percent reside and Zamfara, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 29 percent reside and The Philippines, where 19 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 Tanoma
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