Tenei Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Tenei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 190 | 1:10,698 | 2,423 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Tenei (2,808) may also be a first name.
Tenei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tenei occurs in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tenei is the 1,055,483rd most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. Tenei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Tenei reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tenei is also the 137,629th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 2,808 people.
The last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 190 people, or 1 in 10,698. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Berea District, where 79 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 12 percent live and Maseru District, where 7 percent live. Beside Lesotho this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Tenei
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis