Tendele Surname

371,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 967 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tendele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tendele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5231:101,2279,909
DR Congo2531:292,01426,830
Papua New Guinea1631:50,0236,268
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tendele (220) may also be a first name.

Tendele Last Name Facts

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

Tendele is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tendele click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tendele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tendele is the 371,278th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,536,242 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Tendele live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Tendele is also the 608,246th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 220 people.

The surname Tendele is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 523 people, or 1 in 101,227. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Lindi Region, where 84 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuendele931,390/
Tendeleu9352/
Thendele9318/
Tiendele931/
Tendeile931/
Tendeler931/
Tendle9288/
Tuendelee884/
Tendeli86325/
Tendela86213/
Tendale86135/
Tendile8632/
Tindele8621/
Tyndele863/
Tendely863/
Tenndle860/
Tendille8090/
Tendolle8025/
Thendile804/
Thendale801/
Tndeelei801/
Tindeles801/
Tindelet801/
Thindele801/
Tindle773,903/
Tindesley751/
Tindale712,927/
Tendila7129/
Tindole7114/
Tendili7111/
Tendily711/
Tindelj711/
Tendail711/
Thindle710/
Tuindile67294/
Tindille675/
Tiendali671/
Tiendalli6315/
Themdaile630/
Tindali5719/
Tindili579/
Tindila572/
Tindail571/
Tindilia537/
Tindoili533/

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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 Tendele
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