Ntenga Surname

71,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,863 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ntenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3,6631:14,4531,886
South Africa1,7651:30,6963,943
Kenya5811:79,4837,363
DR Congo3691:200,21619,970
Zambia2681:59,1425,372
Cameroon1081:192,30619,984
Uganda971:402,46725,105
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Ntenga (262) may also be a first name.

Ntenga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ntenga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ntenga is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntenga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 71,895th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,061,860 people. The last name Ntenga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntenga live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 549,774th most prevalent given name at a global level, held by 262 people.

This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,663 people, or 1 in 14,453. In Tanzania Ntenga is most prevalent in: Songwe Region, where 47 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 18 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania Ntenga occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 26 percent are found and Kenya, where 8 percent are found.

Ntenga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Ntenga earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.61% less than the national average, earning R 164,892 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nthenga921,082/
Nteng'a92203/
Nteanga924/
Nteenga922/
Nteunga922/
Ntengea921/
Nten'ga921/
Ntengah921/
Ntienga921/
Ntengas921/
Ntena913,720/
Ntnga911/
Nteng'ah861/
Ntheng'a861/
Ntengo832,107/
Ntinga831,415/
Ntenge83667/
Ntenas8386/
Nthena8321/
Ntengi8317/
Ntiena8313/
Ndtnga839/
N'Tena835/
Ntenah833/
Nteena831/
Ntemga831/
Nteina831/
Ntegna831/
Ntenap831/
Ntenay831/
Ntetna831/
Nthenge774,390/
Nthengo7738/
Ntengye7729/
Ntenghe7715/
Ntengho7710/
Ntengos775/
Ntuengo774/
Ntengie774/
Nthinga773/
Nthengi772/
Ntengui772/
Nthenat771/
Ntengoi771/
Ntiengi771/
Nthiena771/
Ntingga771/
Ntina73969/
Nteno7316/
N'Tengou716/
Ntenguye712/
Ntiongai711/
Nthennah711/
Ntuungha711/
Nteungou711/
Ntinas671,029/
Nthina67115/
Ntingi6778/
Ntingo6765/
N'Tina6715/
Nntina674/
Ntinge674/
Ntyona673/
Ntenou672/
Ntaina671/
Ntemgo671/
Ntiona671/
Ntinai671/
Ntinah671/
Ntigna671/
Ntoina671/
Ntehno671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ntenga
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