Tanyala Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Tanyala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanyala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1881:11,6332,210
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
India91:85,229,487684,495
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tanyala (490) may also be a first name.

Tanyala Last Name Facts

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

Tanyala is more frequently found in Botswana than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanyala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,048,281st most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Tanyala live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 383,918th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 490 people.

The surname is most frequent in Botswana, where it is carried by 188 people, or 1 in 11,633. Not including Botswana it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

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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 Tanyala
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