Tengah Surname

152,349th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,889 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brunei
Highest density in:
Brunei

Tengah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brunei1,8221:23032
Malaysia6031:48,9123,874
Indonesia4151:318,67327,985
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
Kenya151:3,078,66038,128
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tengah (443) may also be a first name.

Tengah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tengah is held by more people in Brunei than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tengah is the 152,349th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,522,515 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Tengah are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 407,208th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 443 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Brunei, where it is held by 1,822 people, or 1 in 230. In Brunei Tengah is mostly concentrated in: Brunei-Muara District, where 81 percent live, Belait District, where 12 percent live and Temburong District, where 7 percent live. Outside of Brunei it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenggah923/
Temngah921/
Tenghah921/
Tengahe921/
Tenga9110,057/
Tngah911/
Thengahe861/
Thenga831,431/
Tienga83260/
Tingah83256/
Tengga83206/
Tengay83149/
Teunga83148/
Tengai8324/
Tengho8322/
Tengoh8320/
Tengas838/
Tengoa838/
Temgah836/
Teenga833/
Tengat832/
Tuenga832/
Temnga832/
Tengaa832/
Tengap832/
Tennga831/
Ttenga831/
Tengad831/
Toenga831/
Tengau831/
Tengha831/
Tnga801/
Thengha7749/
Tenghea7739/
Tenggau7717/
Taengho7713/
Tinggah776/
Tenggai775/
Tenggay773/
Tiengoh773/
Tuengoh772/
Tenghai772/
Tehngoh772/
Tengait771/
Tenghap771/
Tenghad771/
Tinngah771/
Tuengho771/
Tengaai771/
Tinga7336,836/
Tengo732,603/
Temga732,256/
Thnga731/
Tngoh731/
Tengó731/
Tynga731/
Thiennga714/
Thaennga711/
Tiengo672,953/
Thengo671,973/
Tingga67670/
Tingay67616/
Tingas67555/
Thinga67444/
Tenggo67439/
Tingai67416/
Tionga67289/
Tingaz67251/
Tengou67125/
Tingaa67121/
Ting'a67109/
Tengoi6776/
Tengoy6767/
Tingha6742/
Tingau6740/
Tingad6735/
Tingoh6734/
Tingat6724/
Temgoh6710/
Thngai675/
Tingho675/
Tyonga674/
Timnga674/
Tuunga674/
Teñgay674/
Temgha673/
Themga672/
Temgho672/
Tinnga672/
Teengo671/
Tngaux671/
Tingap671/
Teungo671/
Tehngo671/
Tengod671/
Teng'o671/
Tuengo671/
Tingoa671/

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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 Tengah
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