Tegbenou Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Tegbenou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tegbenou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin771:134,22914,380
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Tegbenou (11) may also be a first name.

Tegbenou Last Name Facts

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

Tegbenou has its highest incidence in Benin. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Tegbenou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tegbenou? popularity and diffusion

Tegbenou is the 2,136,387th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tegbenou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tegbenou is also the 3,487,849th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 134,229. In Benin it is mostly found in: Atlantique Department, where 53 percent are found, Mono Department, where 16 percent are found and Zou Department, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thegbenou941/
Tegbenu932/
Taigbenu7548/
Teguena6713/
Tegvinos631/
Thegwena631/
Tequignot592/
Teguina532/
Tigbina531/
Tegueña531/
Tigveanu502/
Tiquenoa501/
Tequinos501/

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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 Tegbenou
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