Tantz Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Tantz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tantz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Tantz Last Name Facts

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

Tantz is most common in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tantz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,414,640th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Tantz live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 1,463,736. In Germany Tantz is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent reside, Thuringia, where 35 percent reside and Saxony-Anhalt, where 18 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 8 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.

Tantz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tantz has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tantze910/
Tanz891,383/
Tants80264/
Tontz80166/
Thanz8021/
Tancz8017/
Tainz809/
Tahnz801/
Teanz801/
Tanzs800/
Tantse7329/
Tantss731/
Thants731/
Tahanz731/
Teuntz731/
Tanç671,266/
Tanc67770/
Tacz67472/
Theintz67112/
Tonz6794/
Tantsch6782/
Teintze6726/
Tantche6710/
Thantse671/

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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 Tantz
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