Tanyie Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tanyie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tanyie (43) may also be a first name.
Tanyie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanyie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanyie occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanyie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Tanyie occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tanyie live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tanyie is also the 1,545,828th most frequently held first name globally, held by 43 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Tanyie is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 67 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 33 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Tanyie
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