Tenessa Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Tenessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tenessa (152) may also be a first name.
Tenessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tenessa (Russian: Тенесса) is found most frequently in Angola. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenessa? popularity and diffusion
Tenessa is the 8,193,072nd most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 40 percent of Tenessa are found; 20 percent are found in East Africa and 20 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 746,252nd most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 152 people.
The surname is most common in Angola, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 26,989,214. Excluding Angola this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in China, where 20 percent live and Ethiopia, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenessa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenessa in the Russian language | ||
| Тенесса | tenessa | - |
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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 Tenessa
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