Tenczel Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Tenczel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenczel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary671:146,51213,290
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Tenczel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tenczel has its highest incidence in Hungary. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenczel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Tenczel is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Tenczel reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Hungary, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 146,512. In Hungary it is most prevalent in: Pest County, where 85 percent reside, Budapest, where 12 percent reside and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 3 percent reside. Not including Hungary this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 6 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenzel9250/
Tencel928/
Tenzeel862/
Tenchel861/
Tencl8312/
Tenczelova821/
Tänzel7735/
Tincel7715/
Tnzeel774/
Tencil771/
Tenzil771/
Tinzel770/
Tencelová752/
Tencelova751/
Tenchil71196/
Tinchel710/
Tintzel710/
Tinzl6760/
Tenčl6710/
Tincl672/
Tinchell672/
Tänzl671/
Tintchell630/
Tõntsel5715/
Tintschl5330/
Tenčlová5313/
Tinclová538/

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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 Tenczel
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