Tanu Surname
Approximately 12,723 people bear this surname
Tanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 5,317 | 1:29,971 | 1,929 |
| Indonesia | 3,160 | 1:41,851 | 4,805 |
| Tanzania | 1,502 | 1:35,247 | 4,108 |
| India | 915 | 1:838,323 | 37,138 |
| Papua New Guinea | 416 | 1:19,600 | 2,020 |
| Romania | 359 | 1:55,927 | 6,859 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Thailand | 151 | 1:467,804 | 81,807 |
| Nigeria | 145 | 1:1,221,674 | 49,169 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| Afghanistan | 47 | 1:684,110 | 7,621 |
| Kenya | 38 | 1:1,215,261 | 35,116 |
| American Samoa | 25 | 1:2,230 | 469 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Tanú (7) & Tañu (1) are calculated separately.
Tanu (60,862) may also be a first name.
Tanu Demographics
Tanu Political Affiliation
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Tanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanu (Bengali: তনু, Hindi: तनु, Marathi: तानू, Oriya: ତନୁ) is held by more people in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Tanú or Tañu. Click here for other potential spellings of Tanu.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 41,097th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 572,785 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Tanu live; 49 percent live in South Asia and 42 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 15,681st most widely held first name globally It is held by 60,862 people.
The surname Tanu is most commonly used in Bangladesh, where it is held by 5,317 people, or 1 in 29,971. Outside of Bangladesh this last name exists in 56 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 12 percent live.
Tanu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Tanu last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.
The amount Tanu earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 3.13% less than the national average, earning $41,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 271.04% more than the national average, earning $184,344 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanu in the Oriya language | ||
| ତନୁ | tanu | 94.01 |
| ତନୁାଇଁ | tanua'im | 3.7 |
| ତନୂ | tanu | 0.77 |
| ଟାନୁ | tanu | 0.41 |
| ତାନୁ | tanu | 0.38 |
| ଟନୁ | tanu | 0.21 |
| ଟାଣୁ | tanu | 0.11 |
| େଯନା | eyana | 0.02 |
| ରଣା | rana | 0.02 |
| Tanu in the Bengali language | ||
| তনু | tanu | 92.13 |
| তানু | tanu | 4.49 |
| টনু | tanu | 2.25 |
| Tanu in the Hindi language | ||
| तनु | tanu | 80.41 |
| तनू | tanu | 15.69 |
| तानू | tanu | 1.3 |
| तानु | tanu | 0.94 |
| टानू | tanu | 0.38 |
| टांऊ | tamu | 0.35 |
| टनू | tanu | 0.26 |
| टनु | tanu | 0.16 |
| तन्नु | tannu | 0.06 |
| टाँऊ | tamu | 0.04 |
| टांउ | tamu | 0.04 |
| तनु़ | tanu | 0.03 |
| तणू | tanu | 0.01 |
| टणु | tanu | 0.01 |
| तणु | tanu | 0.01 |
| ताणु | tanu | 0.01 |
| टन्ू | tanu | 0.01 |
| कनु | kanu | 0.01 |
| तांऊ | tamu | 0.01 |
| टन्उ | tanu | 0.01 |
| तुनु | tunu | 0.01 |
| तनुु | tanuu | 0.01 |
| तन्नू | tannu | 0.01 |
| Tanu in the Marathi language | ||
| तानू | tanu | 57.81 |
| तानु | tanu | 37.66 |
| तनु | tanu | 2.37 |
| ताणू | tanu | 0.92 |
| तनू | tanu | 0.83 |
| ताणु | tanu | 0.2 |
| तणू | tanu | 0.02 |
| टानु | tanu | 0.02 |
| तान | tana | 0.01 |
| तानुू | tanuu | 0.01 |
| िटनू | itanu | 0.01 |
| तणु | tanu | 0.01 |
| तेानु | teanu | 0.01 |
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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
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- 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 Tanu
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