Tenbou Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Tenbou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Tenbou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenbou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tenbou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﻨﺐ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenbou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tenbou reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Tenbou is most common in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 71 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 14 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Algeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenbou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenbou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻃﻨﺐ | tnb | 50 |
| ﺗﻨﺒﻮ | tnbw | 50 |
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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 Tenbou
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