Tenega Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tenega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Teñega (1) are calculated separately.
Tenega (5) may also be a first name.
Tenega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tenega is found most in Cameroon. It may also appear as: Teñega. For other potential spellings of Tenega click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenega? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Tenega occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Tenega reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 25 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Tenega is also the 5,493,085th most frequent forename on earth, held by 5 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: East Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teñega | 94 | 1 | / |
| Tenegas | 92 | 8 | / |
| Tengega | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tinega | 83 | 1,630 | / |
| Tanega | 83 | 619 | / |
| Tenego | 83 | 76 | / |
| Tenaga | 83 | 23 | / |
| Tenegi | 83 | 10 | / |
| Tenege | 83 | 8 | / |
| Tonega | 83 | 2 | / |
| Teniga | 83 | 2 | / |
| Teneggi | 77 | 333 | / |
| Taniega | 77 | 36 | / |
| Teneger | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tenegoi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Thonega | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tenegui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tenegou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teneghi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tengiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teeniga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teinege | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tegniga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thoneega | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tienhego | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanaga | 67 | 1,091 | / |
| Tanoga | 67 | 632 | / |
| Tanjga | 67 | 188 | / |
| Toniga | 67 | 110 | / |
| Tenige | 67 | 95 | / |
| Tinaga | 67 | 67 | / |
| Tonaga | 67 | 48 | / |
| Tinego | 67 | 44 | / |
| Taniga | 67 | 30 | / |
| Tiniga | 67 | 29 | / |
| Tinoga | 67 | 10 | / |
| Teñgay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tenago | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tanego | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tenigi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tenogo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tonoga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teignegou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonego | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tyongegha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teheneger | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tenega
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