Tanzania Surname
Approximately 816 people bear this surname
Tanzania Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 769 | 1:68,845 | 7,260 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Tanzania (993) may also be a first name.
Tanzania Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanzania Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanzania is found most in Tanzania. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tanzania click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanzania? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 424,145th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,930,816 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tanzania live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 255,437th most frequently held first name globally, held by 993 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 769 people, or 1 in 68,845. In Tanzania Tanzania is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 38 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 25 percent live and Geita Region, where 21 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 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
- 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 Tanzania
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