Tekena Surname
Approximately 808 people bear this surname
Tekena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 570 | 1:310,777 | 17,240 |
| Kiribati | 214 | 1:530 | 170 |
| Cook Islands | 14 | 1:1,298 | 323 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tekena (1,641) may also be a first name.
Tekena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tekena is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tekena is the 427,422nd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,019,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Tekena live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tekena is also the 190,298th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 1,641 people.
Tekena is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 570 people, or 1 in 310,777. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 50 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 47 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 1 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Tekena occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Kiribati, where 26 percent are found and The Cook Islands, where 2 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 Tekena
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