Tenasi Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Tenasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tenasi (20) may also be a first name.
Tenasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tenasi (Oriya: େଟନସି) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenasi? popularity and diffusion
Tenasi is the 4,649,889th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Tenasi are found; 83 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 83 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tenasi is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Bougainville, where 93 percent live and Milne Bay, where 7 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 6 percent live and Latvia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenasi in the Oriya language | ||
| େଟନସି | etanasi | - |
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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 Tenasi
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