Thanasis Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Thanasis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thanasis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3711:29,8654,622
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Thanasis (3,200) may also be a first name.

Thanasis Last Name Facts

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

Thanasis has its highest incidence in Greece. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Thanasis.

How Common Is The Last Name Thanasis? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thanasis is the 699,651st most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Thanasis live; 91 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent live in Helleno-Europe. Thanasis is also the 126,940th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,200 people.

Thanasis is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 371 people, or 1 in 29,865. In Greece it is most common in: Attica, where 32 percent are found, Epirus, where 18 percent are found and Thessaly, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Greece Thanasis exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 7 percent are found and Cyprus, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thanassis945/
Thanatsis943/
Tanasis938/
Tanasits8810/
Thanasest821/
Tanasić803,358/
Tanasič806/
Tanajis801/
Tanousis75108/
Tangacis754/
Tanasich751/
Tannousis7112/
Tanoutsis712/
Thanagesh711/
Tenesis678/
Taneses673/
Tanajes673/
Tanazes672/
Tanašić671/
Tanaciz671/
Tongnagis591/
Teneses5315/
Tenešis531/
Tanojice508/
Tenesses504/
Tanouces501/

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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 Thanasis
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