Tanteh Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Tanteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 480 | 1:43,269 | 5,731 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Tanteh (11) may also be a first name.
Tanteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanteh is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanteh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 625,459th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,872,543 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tanteh live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tanteh is also the 3,487,849th most common first name globally, borne by 11 people.
The last name Tanteh is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 480 people, or 1 in 43,269. In Cameroon Tanteh is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 61 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 18 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Tanteh is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 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 Tanteh
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