Tekene Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Tekene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 92 | 1:225,751 | 22,624 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tekene (485) may also be a first name.
Tekene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tekene is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tekene is the 1,589,322nd most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tekene are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 38 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 385,996th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 485 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 225,751. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 53 percent are found, North Region, where 26 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 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 Tekene
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