Tekea Surname
Approximately 4,685 people bear this surname
Tekea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,346 | 1:22,445 | 2,857 |
| Kiribati | 257 | 1:441 | 112 |
| Solomon Islands | 63 | 1:9,207 | 1,553 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Tekea (5,369) may also be a first name.
Tekea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tekea is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekea? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 100,783rd most widespread family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,555,506 people. Tekea is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Tekea live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tekea is also the 91,945th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 5,369 people.
Tekea is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,346 people, or 1 in 22,445. Without taking into account Ethiopia Tekea exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Kiribati, where 5 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent live.
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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 Tekea
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