Tenchi Surname
Approximately 2,224 people bear this surname
Tenchi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,147 | 1:59,546 | 4,492 |
| Mexico | 62 | 1:2,002,036 | 18,805 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Tenchi (102) may also be a first name.
Tenchi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenchi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tenchi (Russian: Тенчи, Tibetan: བསྟན་གཅིག།) is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenchi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 189,889th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,276,774 people. The surname Tenchi is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Tenchi are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Tenchi is also the 935,178th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 102 people.
The surname Tenchi is most frequently held in Japan, where it is carried by 2,147 people, or 1 in 59,546. In Japan Tenchi is most common in: Gifu Prefecture, where 25 percent live, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 18 percent live and Aichi Prefecture, where 13 percent live. Apart from Japan it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 3 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenchi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenchi in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསྟན་གཅིག། | tenchik | - |
| Tenchi in the Russian language | ||
| Тенчи | tenci | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tenchi
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