Tanuka Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Tanuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Tanuka (1,793) may also be a first name.
Tanuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanuka (Bengali: তনুকা, Hindi: तनुका, Marathi: तानुका, Oriya: ତନୁକା, Russian: Танука) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanuka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tanuka is the 2,944,094th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Tanuka live; 55 percent live in Oceania Islands and 55 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 180,566th most commonly held forename in the world It is held by 1,793 people.
This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea Tanuka is most prevalent in: Western Highlands, where 50 percent live, Morobe, where 46 percent live and Madang, where 4 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanuka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanuka in the Bengali language | ||
| তনুকা | tanuka | - |
| Tanuka in the Oriya language | ||
| ତନୁକା | tanuka | 85.71 |
| ତନୁକାାଇଁ | tanukaa'im | 14.29 |
| Tanuka in the Hindi language | ||
| तनुका | tanuka | 82.35 |
| तणुका | tanuka | 5.88 |
| ताणुका | tanuka | 5.88 |
| तनूका | tanuka | 5.88 |
| Tanuka in the Marathi language | ||
| तानुका | tanuka | 37.5 |
| तनुका | tanuka | 37.5 |
| ताणुका | tanuka | 12.5 |
| तानूका | tanuka | 12.5 |
| Tanuka in the Russian language | ||
| Танука | tanuka | - |
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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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- 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 Tanuka
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