Tamenya Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Tamenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Tamenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamenya is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamenya? popularity and diffusion
Tamenya is the 10,311,814th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tamenya live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Tamenya is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda Tamenya is primarily found in: Kampala District, where 50 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 50 percent are found. Barring Uganda Tamenya occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taumenya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tomenya | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tamenyo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Taminya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tahmenha | 80 | 102 | / |
| Taminja | 71 | 178 | / |
| Tomenea | 71 | 34 | / |
| Tamenjo | 71 | 25 | / |
| Taminia | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tamenio | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tamegno | 71 | 2 | / |
| Taminha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamenjoh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tammenio | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tamignau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamigney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toumegna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tasminia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamigniau | 63 | 80 | / |
| Tamignaux | 63 | 14 | / |
| Tamigneau | 63 | 6 | / |
| Tasminiah | 63 | 6 | / |
| Tamenjjoh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Teimienyo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tamiña | 62 | 3 | / |
| Tamigniaux | 59 | 49 | / |
| Tamigneaux | 59 | 16 | / |
| Tomenio | 57 | 2,369 | / |
| Ttamiña | 57 | 53 | / |
| Thamiña | 57 | 12 | / |
| Taminio | 57 | 1 | / |
| Taimiņa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tomaynia | 53 | 6 | / |
| Tommenio | 53 | 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 Tamenya
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