Tekenya Surname

739,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tekenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tekenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1641:450,48536,956
Zimbabwe1171:131,95117,409
South Africa1071:506,33441,014
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Tekenya (39) may also be a first name.

Tekenya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tekenya occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tekenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tekenya is the 739,868th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,686,015 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tekenya reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tekenya is also the 1,637,361st most frequent forename on earth, borne by 39 people.

Tekenya is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 450,485. Other than The DR Congo Tekenya occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent reside and South Africa, where 27 percent reside.

Tekenya Last Name Statistics demography

Tekenya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.11% less than the national average, earning R 109,044 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiekenya9312/
Thekenya935/
Thekhenya881/
Tekenyo86130/
Tekenia864/
Tekinya861/
Tykenya861/
Thekenyo8034/
Tikhenya8014/
Tekhenyo801/
Tekenyos801/
Tikinya71119/
Tekinyo7178/
Tekeneo7117/
Tekenio714/
Tekenjo711/
Tekigna711/
Tekinja711/
Tekegno711/
Tikhinya67241/
Tekenjio673/
Tekinyoz671/
Tekegnou671/
Thekiniath597/
Tecenio571/
Tekineo571/
Thekkiniath5611/
Tekinjio531/

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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 Tekenya
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