Tanko (name)

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Tanko is a Nigerian masculine given name and surname of Hausa origin given to a boy born after many girls^[1]

GenderMale

LanguageHausa

Word/nameNigeria

MeaningA boy born after several successive girls

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Tanko
Origin
Gender	Male
Language	Hausa
Word/name	Nigeria
Meaning	A boy born after several successive girls
Region of origin	Northern-Nigeria

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Given name

Tanko Braimah (born 1979), Ghanaian sprinter
Tanko Dyakov (born 1984), Bulgarian football defender
Tanko Serafimov (1942–2013), Bulgarian architect
Tanko Yakasai (born 1925), Nigerian politician and human right activist
Tanko Zubairu, Nigerian military administrator

Surname

Abubakar Tanko Ayuba (1945–2016), Nigerian politician
Ibrahim Tanko (born 1977), Ghanaian football forward
Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (1953–2025), Nigerian jurist
Maksim Tanko (born 1994), Belarusian football player
Mohammed Tanko (born 1988), Ghanaian football player
Umaru Tanko Al-Makura (born 1952), Nigerian businessman and politician

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