Tenai Surname
Approximately 3,781 people bear this surname
Tenai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,543 | 1:13,034 | 1,615 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92 | 1:88,627 | 11,768 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
The alternate forms: Ténai (144) are calculated separately.
Tenai (308) may also be a first name.
Tenai Demographics
Average Tenai Salary in
United States
$31,396 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tenai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tenai (Hindi: टेनई, Marathi: तेनई) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Ténai. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 121,172nd most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,927,412 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Tenai live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 501,377th most widely held forename on earth, held by 308 people.
It is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 3,543 people, or 1 in 13,034. In Kenya Tenai is most numerous in: Uasin Gishu County, where 47 percent live, Nandi County, where 24 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 12 percent live. Aside from Kenya Tenai is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Tenai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Tenai last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Tenai earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 13.51% less than the national average, earning R 205,524 per year; in United States they earn 27.24% less than the national average, earning $31,396 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.05% more than the national average, earning $71,073 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenai in the Hindi language | ||
| टेनई | tena'i | - |
| Tenai in the Marathi language | ||
| तेनई | tena'i | 50 |
| टेनाई | tena'i | 50 |
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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 Tenai
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