Tanuka Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tanuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanuka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
India71:109,580,769786,157
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanuka in the Bengali language
তনুকাtanuka-
Tanuka in the Oriya language
ତନୁକାtanuka85.71
ତନୁକାାଇଁtanukaa'im14.29
Tanuka in the Hindi language
तनुकाtanuka82.35
तणुकाtanuka5.88
ताणुकाtanuka5.88
तनूकाtanuka5.88
Tanuka in the Marathi language
तानुकाtanuka37.5
तनुकाtanuka37.5
ताणुकाtanuka12.5
तानूकाtanuka12.5
Tanuka in the Russian language
Танукаtanuka-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tanuka
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