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
The surname Tenfa is most common in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tenfa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenfa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tenfa is the 1,775,494th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Tenfa is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tenfa reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tenfa is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 31 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 399,405. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 48 percent are found, Centre Region, where 33 percent are found and West Region, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 49 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
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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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