Tenaka Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Tenaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1251:82,6859,761
Japan411:3,118,15333,477
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
India91:85,229,487684,495
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tenaka (57) may also be a first name.

Tenaka Last Name Facts

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

Tenaka (Hindi: टेनका, Oriya: େଟନକା) is most common in Benin. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenaka? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,173,425th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Tenaka reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tenaka is also the 1,308,380th most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 57 people.

The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 82,685. In Benin Tenaka is primarily found in: Donga Department, where 86 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 7 percent reside and Zou Department, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Benin Tenaka is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teenaka9296/
Teinaka9238/
Taenaka9227/
Tenakah9210/
Tienaka923/
Tenaska921/
Teunakaa861/
Teenakha861/
Tanaka831,448,553/
Tinaka83344/
Tonaka83243/
Tenoka83120/
Tenaki8341/
Tenaky8322/
Tenaca8313/
Tenake838/
Teneka835/
Tenako835/
Thenakkat801/
Tainaka773,107/
Tanakai77340/
Tannaka77168/
Thanaka77117/
Tanakha7772/
Tanakka7763/
Teinaki7734/
Tenakie7714/
Tienaca7712/
Taenaca776/
Tonnaka775/
Tenaski773/
Tinakat773/
Tenakhy772/
Teneika772/
Tonakay772/
Tenakes772/
Taneaka771/
Tyneaka771/
Tonaeka771/
Teanako771/
Tenasca771/
Teneaki771/
Tinakai771/
Thenaki771/
Thinaka771/
Tonakai771/
Teenake771/
Tengaki771/
Tenakou771/
Tanaika771/
Tonauka771/
Tinaaka771/
Tinakad771/
Taynaka771/
Tinakhat71491/
Teannaki71174/
Thinakha71127/
Teangake7118/
Tesnakis7113/
Thanakha719/
Thanakah713/
Teanakis711/
Teaneeka711/
Tenhaker711/
Tinakaya711/
Tenaakie711/
Tegnakou711/
Tejnecka711/
Thanakay711/
Tanaaika711/
Tinakaja711/
Ttenekka711/
Thisnaka711/
Tinakhad711/
Thesnake711/
Tehnhaca711/
Tanaakha711/
Tanakhai711/
Tenace671,003/
Taneka67283/
Tinako67217/
Tanaca67202/
Tanako67172/
Tinaki67135/
Tinake67125/
Tonoka67110/
Tenaco6763/
Tanoka6756/
Toneka6743/
Tinaca6737/
Teneko6730/
Tonaca6727/
Tinoka6715/
Tonako6714/
Tineka679/
Tainakaip673/
Teneca671/
Tenoko671/
Tenaicaya671/
Tañaka671/
Tenoke670/

Tenaka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenaka in the Hindi language
टेनकाtenaka-
Tenaka in the Oriya language
େଟନକାetanaka-

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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 Tenaka
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