Tamkeng Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tamkeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tamkeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon311:669,97049,334
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tamkeng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tamkeng is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamkeng? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Tamkeng reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 90 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Tamkeng exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taemkeng9349/
Tamken929/
Tamkeen86651/
Temkeng86478/
Tankeng86322/
Tamcken8667/
Tamking8629/
Thamken8615/
Tangkeng8081/
Tamkienė8080/
Thamking805/
Thamkeen804/
Toumkeng801/
Taemking801/
Tankieng801/
Tamkin77769/
Tanken7716/
Tamkyn7711/
Tamkne771/
Tamkem771/
Tomken770/
Thaemking752/
Thankaeng751/
Tanking71181/
Tomking7129/
Teamkin7119/
Thamkin7118/
Tonkeng7113/
Tamkina719/
Tamkyna718/
Tamchen717/
Taimkin717/
Temking713/
Toumken712/
Tangken711/
Tahmkin711/
Thangkieng711/
Tomcken711/
Tamqeen711/
Tamkhne711/
Tankeen711/
Tanceng711/
Thomken710/
Tomkienė67132/
Tangceng6725/
Tongkeng6725/
Thomking6716/
Thamchen6715/
Tancheng6712/
Thanking674/
Tankn673/
Teinkeng672/
Toomking671/
Thankaen671/
Themking671/
Tatemkem671/
Tuonkeng671/
Tankyong671/

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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 Tamkeng
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