Tejih Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Tejih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Tejih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tejih Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tejih (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺠﻴﻪ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tejih? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Tejih live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 73 percent are found, Brakna Region, where 9 percent are found and Inchiri Region, where 9 percent are found. Other than Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Malaysia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tejih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tejih in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺠﻴﻪ | tjyh | - |
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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 Tejih
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