Tenchu Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Tenchu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tenchu (46) may also be a first name.
Tenchu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenchu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tenchu (Hindi: टेन्चू, Russian: Тенчу, Tibetan: བསྟན་ཆུ་) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tenchu.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenchu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tenchu is the 3,665,662nd most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Tenchu reside; 86 percent reside in Central Africa and 86 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 46 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon Tenchu is most common in: Northwest Region, where 96 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Tenchu occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live and Mexico, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenchou | 92 | 11 | / |
| Tienchu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tencu | 91 | 58 | / |
| Tentchou | 86 | 260 | / |
| Tiencheu | 86 | 184 | / |
| Tentcheu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Temnchou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tienchui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tienchou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tendchou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thenchou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tenchout | 86 | 0 | / |
| Tenciu | 83 | 195 | / |
| Tanchu | 83 | 107 | / |
| Tonchu | 83 | 34 | / |
| Tinchu | 83 | 20 | / |
| Tenzhu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tenshu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tncu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thentchou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Temchus | 77 | 5 | / |
| Tinchou | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tonchui | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tinchui | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tincheu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tihnchu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tancheu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tinchau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tenkhuu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Temtchu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tonchau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toncheu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tinchuy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tonchou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tnchhut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tincu | 73 | 3,613 | / |
| Tenju | 73 | 67 | / |
| Tensu | 73 | 61 | / |
| Tenzu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tîncu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tintchou | 71 | 16 | / |
| Tenshult | 71 | 7 | / |
| Tintcheu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tinschus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tienshou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Temtchou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tintchui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tensui | 67 | 257 | / |
| Tincau | 67 | 203 | / |
| Tensou | 67 | 45 | / |
| Tinciu | 67 | 41 | / |
| Tinceu | 67 | 26 | / |
| Tinshu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Tenjeu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tenjou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tenseu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tensiu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tienthceu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tiontchou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tentsu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tensus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenguu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenjui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thanhchau | 67 | 0 | / |
Tenchu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenchu in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསྟན་ཆུ་ | tenchu | 60 |
| བསྟན་ཆོས་ | tenchö | 20 |
| བསྟན་ཆུ། | tenchu | 20 |
| Tenchu in the Hindi language | ||
| टेन्चू | tencu | 50 |
| टेन्चु | tencu | 25 |
| टेंचू | tencu | 25 |
| Tenchu in the Russian language | ||
| Тенчу | tencu | - |
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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 Tenchu
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