Tenbel Surname

356,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,017 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Tenbel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenbel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey9641:80,7287,353
Mauritania271:151,6628,378
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Tenbel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tenbel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﺒﻞ) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenbel? popularity and diffusion

Tenbel is the 356,968th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,165,729 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 79 percent of Tenbel live; 79 percent live in West Asia and 79 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 964 people, or 1 in 80,728. In Turkey Tenbel is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 22 percent reside, Kahramanmaras Province, where 16 percent reside and Kayseri Province, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thenbel922/
Tenbell920/
Tembel83614/
Tenuel834/
Tnmbel831/
Tenbült7770/
Thembel7724/
Tinbell774/
Tembeel774/
Tenwell773/
Tembell771/
Tembael771/
Tnbeelh771/
Tinbael771/
Tiembel771/
Tennuel770/
Tenuell770/
Tembl7345/
Thiembel7118/
Tembelle711/
Tembil67111/
Tymbel6735/
Timbel6725/
Temble6722/
Tinwel671/
Tinble671/

Tenbel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenbel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻨﺒﻞtnbl85.71
ﺗﻤﺒﻞtmbl14.29

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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 Tenbel
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