Teganya Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Teganya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Teganya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Teganya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Teganya is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Teganya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Teganya occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Teganya live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Teganya is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,253,273. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Buyende District, where 8 percent live, Gomba District, where 8 percent live and Isingiro District, where 8 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Rwanda, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tegania86670/
Taganya86147/
Tegonya863/
Tiganya863/
Teganha862/
Teghenya801/
Tigaanya801/
Teggania801/
Tagania7112/
Tiganea7110/
Tigania718/
Teganho718/
Tagonya718/
Taganja713/
Tegagno712/
Tagenya711/
Tiganja711/
Tegangno674/
Togoinya671/
Taghania671/
Thaghania6329/
Teigoenyo631/
Thaaghania591/
Tegonia575/
Tegenia571/
Tiganio571/
Taganio571/
Tegongna535/
Tegongnah502/

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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 Teganya
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