Tantou Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Tantou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 69 | 1:160,577 | 26,211 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Tantou (332) may also be a first name.
Tantou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tantou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tantou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻧﺘﻮ) is found most frequently in Greece. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tantou.
How Common Is The Last Name Tantou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tantou is the 1,817,111th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Tantou reside; 67 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 67 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. Tantou is also the 480,499th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 332 people.
Tantou is most frequent in Greece, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 160,577. In Greece Tantou is most numerous in: Attica, where 45 percent are found, Thessaly, where 30 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Greece this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 13 percent are found and The Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tantou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tantou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻧﺘﻮ | tantw | - |
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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 Tantou
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