Tantour Surname

537,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 599 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Tantour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tantour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan5381:16,4362,626
Palestine471:96,7846,858
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Tantour Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tantour is held by more people in Jordan than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tantour click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tantour? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tantour is the 537,454th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,166,187 people. The last name Tantour occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Tantour are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Levant.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Jordan, where it is borne by 538 people, or 1 in 16,436. In Jordan it is primarily concentrated in: Amman Governorate, where 87 percent reside, Irbid Governorate, where 12 percent reside and Balqa Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Barring Jordan this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Tantour Last Name Statistics demography

Tantour earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 83.27% less than the national average, earning $7,219 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tantur92252/
Tantor92124/
Taintor86329/
Tayntor8668/
Tantoor8614/
Tantore861/
Thantor861/
Tantoyar806/
Tainture803/
Thanthor802/
Thanthur801/
Tantar77234/
Tontur77118/
Tontor7748/
Tamtur774/
Tamtor770/
Tanturova752/
Thanthort751/
Tantart71103/
Teuntor7150/
Thantar7118/
Tantare7113/
Tantayaure712/
Tanteer711/
Tantair711/
Tountor711/
Tantier711/
Taintar710/
Thanthar675/
Tanthier671/
Tanteare670/
Theintor670/

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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 Tantour
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