Ntenya Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
Ntenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 326 | 1:162,398 | 14,474 |
| Lesotho | 71 | 1:28,628 | 5,512 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ntenya (17) may also be a first name.
Ntenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ntenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ntenya occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ntenya? popularity and diffusion
Ntenya is the 699,651st most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. The last name Ntenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntenya reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 17 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 162,398. In Tanzania Ntenya is most prevalent in: Tabora Region, where 48 percent are found, Singida Region, where 29 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 23 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nthenya | 92 | 15,501 | / |
| Ntenjya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ntinya | 83 | 162 | / |
| Ntenia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ntenyo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ntenja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ntegna | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nthinya | 77 | 539 | / |
| Ntinyah | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ntoinya | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ntengea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nthynya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nteneiyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nthinyaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntinia | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ntinyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ntinja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ntigna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ntinias | 62 | 47 | / |
| Ntignah | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ntionia | 62 | 1 | / |
| N'Tenhou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ntienjou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ntengehou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ntinio | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ntenya
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