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All around the world, Tanaka (タナカ , Tanaka
, 田中
) is quite a common dominantly male, but infrequently girly given name. The first name Tanaka is habitual in Zimbabwe, where it is quite a rare mostly boy's, but seldom female name, Japan, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and China, where it is a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely female name. Much less frequently, Tanaka is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| タナカ | Japan |
| Tanaka | Zimbabwe, Brazil, Japan, Indonesia, United States |
| 田中 | China, Japan |
| Танака | Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
Tanaka is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .