Surname ทะนะกะ (Thanaka 
, ทะนะกะ ) , across the world, is a very rare cognomen. The family name ทะนะกะ is habitual in South-eastern Asia, particularly Singapore, where it is a very rare surname, Thailand, and Indonesia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Thailand, and India. Also, ทะนะกะ is the forename as well as the last name.