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 surname Tenchu (Hindi: टेन्चू, Russian: Тенчу, Tibetan: བསྟན་ཆུ་) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tenchu.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenchu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Tenchu is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Tenchu live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tenchu is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 46 people.
The surname Tenchu is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 96 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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- 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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