Tanou Surname
Approximately 19,879 people bear this surname
Tanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 10,387 | 1:2,221 | 217 |
| Burkina Faso | 6,168 | 1:2,975 | 385 |
| Mali | 2,194 | 1:7,734 | 449 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Iran | 193 | 1:397,837 | 25,581 |
| Greece | 127 | 1:87,242 | 14,769 |
| France | 112 | 1:593,060 | 78,954 |
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Benin | 53 | 1:195,011 | 18,621 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Tanou (6,105) may also be a first name.
Tanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanou (Hindi: तनू) is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 27,025th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 366,595 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Tanou are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 84,718th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 6,105 people.
It is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 10,387 people, or 1 in 2,221. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Savanes District, where 30 percent live, Vallée du Bandama District, where 20 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 31 percent live and Mali, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanou in the Hindi language | ||
| तनू | tanu | - |
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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 Tanou
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