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 be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanekeng? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,909,720th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tanekeng reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Tanekeng is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 56 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 23 percent are found and West Region, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it 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
  • 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 Tanekeng
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