Tanteck Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tanteck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tanteck Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799

Tanteck Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tanteck is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanteck? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tanteck is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Tanteck occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Tanteck live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Tai-Asia.

The last name Tanteck is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Tanteck is most frequent in: North Region, where 25 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 25 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 25 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tantek92101/
Tanteak861/
Tantik77126/
Tamtek773/
Tontek771/
Tantics7128/
Tamteke713/
Tonteke711/
Thanttik671/
Tantkova671/
Tantikova6312/
Thanhtike631/
Tontic6221/
Tontik6217/
Tamteg624/
Tantig622/
Tantiq622/
Tomtek621/
Tomtec621/
Thamtik5734/
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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 Tanteck
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