Tenaka Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Tenaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 125 | 1:82,685 | 9,761 |
| Japan | 41 | 1:3,118,153 | 33,477 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
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 found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tenaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenaka? popularity and diffusion
Tenaka is the 1,173,425th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name occurs mostly 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 numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 57 people.
It is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 82,685. In Benin it is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 86 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 7 percent reside and Zou Department, where 5 percent reside. Not including Benin this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenaka in the Hindi language | ||
| टेनका | tenaka | - |
| Tenaka in the Oriya language | ||
| େଟନକା | etanaka | - |
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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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