Tanukai Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tanukai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tanukai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanukai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanukai (Hindi: तनुकाई) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanukai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Tanukai live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Tanukai is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Tanukai is most frequent in: Bougainville, where 50 percent reside and Chimbu, where 50 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanukai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanukai in the Hindi language | ||
| तनुकाई | tanuka'i | - |
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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 Tanukai
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