Tañón Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tañón Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Tañon (1,303), Tanon (5,106) & Tanoñ (4) are calculated separately.
Tañón Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tañón Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tañón occurs in Puerto Rico more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Tañon, Tanon or Tanoñ. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tañón? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Tañón are found; 50 percent are found in Caribbean and 50 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean.
The last name Tañón is most commonly used in Puerto Rico, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 1,775,070. In Puerto Rico Tañón is most prevalent in: Caguas, where 50 percent are found and Río Grande, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Puerto Rico this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 25 percent are found and The United States, 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 Tañón
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