Tencé Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Tencé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tencé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
France41:16,605,680368,153
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Tence (309) are calculated separately.

Tencé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tencé is most common in Switzerland. It may occur in the variant forms: Tence. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tencé? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tencé is the 5,587,209th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Tencé live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Tencé is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,173,274. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Zürich, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Switzerland this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 33 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tence93309/
Tenca802,622/
Tency80150/
Tenci80101/
Tenchi732,224/
Tencza73910/
Tencer73523/
Tennci73283/
Tenche7373/
Tenkce7311/
Tenkés739/
Tenchy733/
Tencze733/
Tencie733/
Tences731/
Tencay731/
Tience731/
Teency730/
Tenncy730/
Tenchio67260/
Tenczer67140/
Tencher6744/
Tencich6715/
Tenchai678/
Tenchoi676/
Tengcai674/
Tentchi672/
Tenchis671/
Tnce671/
Tengcay671/
Tenchea671/
Tenchee671/
Tnci671/
Tengech671/
Tengchi671/
Tenscer671/
Tensich670/

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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 Tencé
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