Temkeng Surname

637,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Temkeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Temkeng Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4761:43,6325,773
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Temkeng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Temkeng is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Temkeng? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 637,196th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Temkeng are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 476 people, or 1 in 43,632. In Cameroon Temkeng is most numerous in: West Region, where 41 percent live, Centre Region, where 28 percent live and Littoral Region, where 24 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taemkeng9349/
Tamkeng8634/
Temking863/
Timkeng861/
Temcheng801/
Themking801/
Taemking801/
Thaemking752/
Tamking7129/
Tomking7129/
Temching6794/
Thomking6716/
Thamking675/
Tomkink573/
Timchenk532/
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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 Temkeng
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