Tanum Surname

926,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Tanum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1861:27,6473,790
Indonesia511:2,593,121151,846
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
India131:59,005,029552,550
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Tanum (108) may also be a first name.

Tanum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tanum (Hindi: तनुम, Marathi: तनुम, Oriya: ତନୁମ) is found most frequently in Norway. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 926,175th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Tanum are found; 66 percent are found in Northern Europe and 66 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 904,892nd most widely held first name globally, held by 108 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Norway, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 27,647. In Norway Tanum is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 98 percent live, Central Norway, where 1 percent live and Western Norway, where 1 percent live. Barring Norway it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.

Tanum Last Name Statistics demography

Tanum earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 0.93% more than the national average, earning 349,294 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tannum9177/
Tasnum9152/
Tangum9143/
Taanum9133/
Tanaum9113/
Tainum916/
Thanum914/
Tanhum914/
Tanumg911/
Tanume911/
Tanoum911/
Thaanum8370/
Thannum8363/
Thatnum8360/
Tangnum8325/
Thainum8312/
Tangoum834/
Tahanum832/
Tasnnum832/
Taannum831/
Taunnum831/
Tamnnum831/
Tajnnum831/
Tanoume831/
Teangum831/
Tanom80177/
Tonum80168/
Tanun80103/
Tenum801/
Teangaum775/
Thaingum771/
Tahannum771/
Tangun73340/
Tanhun73119/
Tanoun7366/
Tanung7360/
Tongum7343/
Tanaun7322/
Tamnun7310/
Tannun7310/
Tasnun737/
Teinum737/
Taynun736/
Tainun736/
Thanun735/
Tanune735/
Taanom735/
Tanhom733/
Tonnum732/
Thenum731/
Tahnun731/
Tanuun731/
Teangnoum711/
Theangaum711/
Tanhoun67101/
Thannom67101/
Thongum6763/
Tongnum6752/
Tanusin6733/
Teanoun6731/
Tongaum677/
Thonnum677/
Tanuung677/
Taneung676/
Tanhoem676/
Teanhom675/
Thanuin675/
Thannun674/
Thainun674/
Tahanun673/
Tangoun673/
Thanhom673/
Tounoum673/
Thanoun672/
Thanomm672/
Tangaun672/
Thanunn671/
Thanuun671/
Tongoum671/
Tanoune671/
Tanhung671/
Tanusyn671/
Tanaung671/
Tannoun671/
Tanusen671/

Tanum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanum in the Oriya language
ତନୁମtanuma-
Tanum in the Hindi language
तनुमtanuma75
तानुमtanuma25
Tanum in the Marathi language
तनुमtanuma75
तानुमtanuma25

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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 Tanum
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