Tanekeng Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tanekeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanekeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon431:483,00239,429
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Tanekeng Last Name Facts

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

Tanekeng is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanekeng? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Tanekeng occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tanekeng live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Tanekeng is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon Tanekeng is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 56 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 23 percent are found and West Region, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Tanekeng exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

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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 Tanekeng
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