Tanyah Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Tanyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Tanyah (103) may also be a first name.
Tanyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanyah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tanyah is the 4,772,636th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tanyah are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tanyah is also the 930,172nd most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 103 people.
Tanyah is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Tanyah is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 88 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 6 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tanyah
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