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Throughout the world, Tanto (Tanto , Tantu , Tante ) is a common mostly male, but seldom feminine given name. The given name Tanto is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare largely masculine, but seldom girly name, Indonesia, and Cameroon, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Indonesia, and Ethiopia. Also, Tanto is the last name as well as the forename.
Tanto is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Tante Sidonia , the comics character, Spike and Suzy; Tante Léonie , the character in À la recherche du temps perdu, In Search of Lost Time; Tante Ulrikke , character in Tante Ulrikke; Tante Soesa and Tante Til , character in De Familie Knots, and in many other works.