Teendwa Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Teendwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Teendwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2871:184,46615,981
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Teendwa (47) may also be a first name.

Teendwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Teendwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Teendwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 919,444th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. The surname Teendwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Teendwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 47 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 184,466. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 59 percent live, Tanga Region, where 37 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tendwa921,920/
Thendwa861/
Tindwa778,390/
Tendua778/
Tendwo774/
Tentwa772/
Thindwa7110,016/
Tenduaa711/
Tindwwa711/
Tendwis710/
Tentua62497/
Tindua6215/
Tintwa6214/
Tendui6210/
Tendue626/
Tindwe621/
Tendve621/
Tenduis5728/
Thintwa5716/
Tuendue574/
Thindwe571/
Tentuat571/
Tinduay571/
Töndbai571/

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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 Teendwa
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