Tanne
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Tanne is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: near a conspicuous pine tree or among pine trees, Ger.
- USUnited States≈1 in 2.5M(inferred from the name graph)
- KNSt. Kitts & Nevis1 in 54K
- FRFrance≈1 in 175K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 129 (measured from records)
- 1 in 54K (inferred from the name graph)
≈390 people, est.
Highest-authority source
St. Kitts & Nevis
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
near a conspicuous pine tree or among pine trees, Ger. Tanne pine (MHG tanne, OHG tanna). Cogn.: Low Ger.: Dannemann. Cpds (ornamental): Jewish (Ashkenazic): Tan(n)enbaum, Tanenboim (‘pine tree’); Tanenholz (‘pine timber’); Tannenwald (‘pine forest’); Tanenwurzel (‘pine root’). Vars.: Ir.: Talun (a Gaelicized form). Fr.: Talon.
Sources 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tanne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 175K | 81 | — | 1 |
| DE Germany | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 384K | listed | Tanne | 43 |
| US United States | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | listed | Tanne | 129 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 3.3M | — | Tanne | 2 |
| CA Canada | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Tanne | 14 |
| IN India | 21 | 1 in 63M | 21 | Tanne | 7 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 218K | — | Tanne | 2 |
| EE Estonia | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 234K | listed | — | — |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | 1 | 1 in 54K | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; the dfa-band-4 register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tanne is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, fir (genus Abies)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gsw, fir (conifer of the genus Abies)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In brw, mother
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Regine Tanneb. 1906CZHolocaust victim (born 1906)
- Richard Tanneb. 1985USAmerican writer, producer, and actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 107 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 88 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 86 | #25,189 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 81 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 76 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 72 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 66 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 63 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 60 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 36 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 23 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Tanne come from?
- near a conspicuous pine tree or among pine trees, Ger. Tanne pine (MHG tanne, OHG tanna). Cogn.: Low Ger.: Dannemann. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- What does the name Tanne mean?
- Recorded meaning: near a conspicuous pine tree or among pine trees, Ger.
- In which country does Tanne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 387 people named Tanne in France, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Tanne most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tanne is densest in St. Kitts & Nevis — about 1 in 54 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Tanne?
- In India, the national register counted 21 people named Tanne, about 1 in 63 million residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tanne”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.