Tembena Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tembena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tembena Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tembena is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembena? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Tembena reside; 83 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 83 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

Tembena is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East Sepik, where 70 percent are found, Morobe, where 20 percent are found and Enga, where 10 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembenea9314/
Tembeni86344/
Tembana86186/
Tombena8664/
Tembeno8629/
Temuena8622/
Tambena866/
Tembina864/
Tembene863/
Tembona863/
Thembeni8076/
Thembana8012/
Tembenis808/
Thembene801/
Tembanai801/
Tambeana801/
Tembenie801/
Timbana715,713/
Tembine712,767/
Tambana711,429/
Tembiné71259/
Timbina71124/
Tombina7179/
Tombana7127/
Tambona7126/
Tombeno7120/
Tambeno7120/
Temuina7116/
Tembano718/
Tambina715/
Timbeni715/
Tombona712/
Tembini712/
Tenbana711/
Timbeno711/
Timbene711/
Timbona711/
Thimbana6738/
Timbiene6721/
Tambonah6717/
Timbeine678/
Tambanna673/
Thambana672/
Tambonay671/
Tomboina671/
Timbajna671/
Timbenou671/
Tambaina671/
Timbanea671/

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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 Tembena
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