Tendem Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tendem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tendem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon471:441,89537,035
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tendem (46) may also be a first name.

Tendem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tendem (Tibetan: རྟན་འབྲེལམོ།) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tendem? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,372,517th most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Tendem live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tendem is also the 1,484,914th most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 46 people.

Tendem is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon Tendem is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 40 percent reside, Centre Region, where 34 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 23 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teundem9212/
Tiendem922/
Tendeum922/
Tendeme922/
Tuendem921/
Tendemg921/
Thuendem862/
Tenden83568/
Tendim8311/
Tindem832/
Tendeng776,868/
Tindeme7716/
Thenden778/
Tendend773/
Tendoen772/
Tendaim771/
Tnden733/
Tenddeng711/
Tendengue6717/
Tinden6712/
Tindim678/
Tindne675/
Tendin674/
Tending62412/
Tindeng6220/
Tendina622/
Tindeun622/
Tyonden621/
Tendion621/
Tindime621/
Tndn603/
Tntdn551/
Tindengue531/
Tindin50611/
Tyndin501/

Tendem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tendem in the Tibetan language
རྟན་འབྲེལམོ།tendrelmo-

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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 Tendem
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