Tanko is a Nigerian masculine given name and surname of Hausa origin given to a boy born after many girls
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 Abdullahi Tanko (born 1998), Nigerian football striker Abubakar Tanko Ayuba (1945–2016), Nigerian politician Elemer-György Tanko (born 1968), Romanian skier Ibrahim Tanko (born 1977), Ghanaian football forward Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (1953–2025), Nigerian jurist J. B. Tanko, Yugoslav-Brazilian filmmaker Karim Abdul Razak Tanko (born 1956), Ghanaian football coach and former football midfielder Maksim Tanko (born 1994), Belarusian football player Mohammed Tanko (born 1988), Ghanaian football player Mustapha Amadu Tanko, Ghanaian politician Sani Ibrahim Tanko, Nigerian senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura (born 1952), Nigerian businessman and politician
See also
Tonko
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