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 surname Tekea is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekea? popularity and diffusion
Tekea is the 100,783rd most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,555,506 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Tekea reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 91,945th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 5,369 people.
It is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,346 people, or 1 in 22,445. Outside of Ethiopia this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Kiribati, where 5 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent are found.
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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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