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
Tekena is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 427,422nd most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 9,019,240 people. The surname Tekena is primarily found 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 occurring given name on earth, borne by 1,641 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 570 people, or 1 in 310,777. In Nigeria Tekena is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 50 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 47 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Tekena exists in 10 countries. It is also found 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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