Tekenah Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tekenah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tekenah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2111:839,53937,032
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tekenah (138) may also be a first name.

Tekenah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tekenah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tekenah is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tekenah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,121,821st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tekenah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tekenah is also the 787,636th most prevalent given name globally, borne by 138 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 839,539. In Nigeria Tekenah is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 77 percent live, Rivers, where 10 percent live and Delta, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tekena92808/
Tekeenath881/
Tekenai8611/
Teikena8610/
Tekkena867/
Tekenas861/
Tiekena861/
Tekana771,073/
Tikena77235/
Tokena77174/
Takena77121/
Tekina7793/
Tekyna7721/
Tekeno7715/
Tecena773/
Tekona771/
Thekinath752/
Tekinay71953/
Tetkina71100/
Teykina7163/
Takenai7152/
Taekina7140/
Tetkyna7130/
Tikanah7117/
Tekhina7113/
Teskina7113/
Teekina7111/
Tikenai7110/
Tekaana7110/
Tiekana719/
Teikyna718/
Tekkina717/
Taekyna717/
Taekana716/
Tekenou716/
Tekenos716/
Thekkinath715/
Takeana714/
Tekkana713/
Tekhyna713/
Techena712/
Takeina711/
Tedkina711/
Tegkana711/
Tekigna711/
Tikaena711/
Toekina711/
Teekana711/
Tekanna711/
Tikkena711/
Tiekina711/
Teakona711/
Tokeena711/
Tekeneu711/
Thekeno711/
Tekegno711/
Tekanaa711/
Takinah711/
Takeena710/
Techkina6727/
Teshkina6721/
Tikhanah6718/
Tokeinna678/
Ttikenas673/
Tikanaha671/
Tiekenou671/
Tekinhas671/
Tekeunou671/
Tekengou671/
Teekanai671/
Tekegnou671/
Thakeana671/
Thekkina671/
Teshkyna671/

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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 Tekenah
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