Temga Surname
Approximately 2,256 people bear this surname
Temga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,214 | 1:9,381 | 1,227 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Temga (858) may also be a first name.
Temga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Temga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Temga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻖ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Temga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Temga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Temga is the 187,487th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,230,295 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Temga reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 28 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 278,018th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 858 people.
The last name Temga is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,214 people, or 1 in 9,381. In Cameroon Temga is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 55 percent are found, North Region, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Chad, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Temga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Temga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻤﺒﻖ | tmbq | - |
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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 Temga
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