Tenente Surname

72,584th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,791 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Tenente Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenente Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola5,9161:4,562660
Brazil4521:473,61617,915
Portugal3021:34,4972,124
Italy311:1,972,79688,569
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Greece151:738,65380,079
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England51:11,143,612252,590
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Tenente (62) may also be a first name.

Tenente Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tenente is carried by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenente? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 72,584th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,073,118 people. The surname Tenente occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Tenente live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequent given name in the world, held by 62 people.

Tenente is most frequently occurring in Angola, where it is borne by 5,916 people, or 1 in 4,562. Barring Angola this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent live and Portugal, where 4 percent live.

Tenente Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tenente are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tenente earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 138.69% more than the national average, earning R 567,228 per year and in United States they earn 3.98% less than the national average, earning $41,433 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teniente933,862/
Tenentes9352/
Tenent9269/
Tenentheu881/
Tenientte881/
Tenenti86209/
Tanente8613/
Tenient869/
Thenent863/
Teninte862/
Tonente861/
Tinente861/
Tenenty861/
Tiniente803/
Tanaente801/
Taniente801/
Tannente801/
Tinent773/
Tinenti71667/
Teninty71197/
Tinenta71189/
Tinenty7131/
Thenint712/
Teninta712/
Toninte711/
Teñenty711/
Tinentis672/
Tenintio671/
Tahaninte631/
Taninti575/
Tininti573/
Thénint573/
Thininta5328/
Thoninti531/

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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
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  • 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 Tenente
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