Tenfen Surname

313,815th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Tenfen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenfen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,1821:181,1126,986
Paraguay71:1,033,8219,769
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Tenfen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tenfen is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenfen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tenfen is the 313,815th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,088,175 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Tenfen live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname Tenfen is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,182 people, or 1 in 181,112. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Santa Catarina, where 75 percent reside, Paraná, where 20 percent reside and São Paulo, where 2 percent reside. Besides Brazil it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Paraguay, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenffen9211/
Tenfeng921/
Tenfem837/
Temfen831/
Thinfen7780/
Temfeng771/
Tiempfen712/
Timfen671/
Tinfina624/
Timmfen621/
Teempheng534/
Timfem507/
Temfin502/

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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 Tenfen
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