Tenbe Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tenbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon201:1,038,45365,513
India171:45,121,493474,784
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tenbe (21) may also be a first name.

Tenbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tenbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﺐ, Marathi: टबे) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenbe? popularity and diffusion

Tenbe is the 2,746,821st most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Tenbe reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Tenbe is also the 2,368,944th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 21 people.

The last name Tenbe is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Tenbe is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 95 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 34 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenbeh9123/
Tenbhe9120/
Tenbey9114/
Tenmbe918/
Thenbe916/
Tenber915/
Tienbe912/
Tennbe911/
Tnbe891/
Tienbee834/
Tenmbea831/
Thenber830/
Tembe80308,229/
Tenby8064/
Tenba8056/
Tenbi8053/
Tenue8010/
Tenwe806/
Tinbe802/
Tembhe731,944/
Tembea73628/
Thembe73622/
Tember73351/
Tembei73338/
Tembet73228/
Tembey7391/
Tembeu7342/
Tennby7324/
Tembes7318/
Tenbih7313/
Tenoue7313/
Tenbay7311/
Tembie7310/
Tiembe738/
Tuembe737/
Tenwei736/
Tienue734/
Tenbha733/
Tenbai733/
Tinber732/
Tembee732/
Taembe732/
Toembe731/
Tenwie731/
Tenues731/
Tenued731/
Thenue731/
Ttembe731/
Tenbit731/
Tembed731/
Temmbe731/
Temnbi731/
Tinbei731/
Tenwer731/
Tennue730/
Tiembie6748/
Tembech6741/
Temmbhe678/
Tembher678/
Tmbe678/
Tennhue678/
Thembee677/
Tenbaya677/
Thembhe674/
Tnbi673/
Thembie672/
Temberh672/
Tiembee671/
Tembhed671/
Taembhe671/
Tehenba671/
Tienwei671/
Teumbea671/
Tegnoue671/
Tehembe671/
Tnba671/
Thinber670/

Tenbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenbe in the Marathi language
टबेtabe-
Tenbe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻨﺐtnb62.5
ﺗﻨﺒﻪtnbh31.25
ﺍﻟﺘﻨﺐaltnb6.25

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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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  • 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 Tenbe
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