Tegen Surname
Approximately 3,097 people bear this surname
Tegen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,254 | 1:43,277 | 4,742 |
| United States | 387 | 1:936,586 | 70,075 |
| Germany | 183 | 1:439,921 | 39,335 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| Kazakhstan | 28 | 1:631,518 | 43,439 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 1:592,939 | 64,129 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
The alternate forms: Tégen (72) & Tegén (1) are calculated separately.
Tegen (11,956) may also be a first name.
Tegen Demographics
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Tegen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tegen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tegen (Russian: Теген) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Tégen or Tegén. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tegen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 143,629th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,353,098 people. The last name Tegen is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Tegen are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 73 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tegen is also the 54,327th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 11,956 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,254 people, or 1 in 43,277. Other than Ethiopia this surname is found in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.
Tegen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tegen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tegen surname expanded 1,075 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tegen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tegen surname are 24.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.97% registered with the party.
Tegen earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11% more than the national average, earning $47,897 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tegen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tegen in the Russian language | ||
| Теген | tegen | - |
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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 Tegen
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