Tenekem Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Tenekem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tenekem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenekem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tenekem is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tenekem.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenekem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 11,742,229th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Tenekem are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Tenekem is most frequent in: West Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Tenekem exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanekem | 86 | 31 | / |
| Teneken | 86 | 3 | / |
| Teneyken | 80 | 29 | / |
| Tieneken | 80 | 12 | / |
| Tenekeng | 80 | 11 | / |
| Teneiken | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tegnikem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Teneicken | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tenahakem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tenyken | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tenetkin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tenekyna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tenicken | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tengekyon | 63 | 1 | / |
| Thanakhem | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tenikin | 57 | 3 | / |
| Tanakim | 57 | 2 | / |
| Thanakim | 53 | 3 | / |
| Tenikina | 53 | 3 | / |
| Tyneskin | 53 | 2 | / |
| Tengaykin | 50 | 6 | / |
| Tenikienė | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Tenekem
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