Tenfa Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Tenfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tenfa (31) may also be a first name.
Tenfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tenfa is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenfa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,775,494th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Tenfa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tenfa are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 31 people.
Tenfa is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 399,405. In Cameroon Tenfa is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 48 percent reside, Centre Region, where 33 percent reside and West Region, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 49 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Tenfa
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