Tengani Surname

156,154th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,805 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Tengani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2,1171:8,0861,225
South Africa4391:123,41214,564
Zimbabwe1751:88,21912,757
Uganda361:1,084,42445,587
India171:45,121,493474,784
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
England21:27,859,030389,889
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Tengani (789) may also be a first name.

Tengani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tengani (Hindi: टेंगनी, Oriya: ନି) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tengani.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengani? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tengani is the 156,154th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,598,056 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tengani reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 291,751st most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 789 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,117 people, or 1 in 8,086. Apart from Malawi this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 16 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.

Tengani Last Name Statistics demography

Tengani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.38% less than the national average, earning R 113,160 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tengani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tengani in the Hindi language
टेंगनीtengani-
Tengani in the Oriya language
ନିni58.82
ନୀni29.41
ଣିni5.88
ଜାନୀjani5.88

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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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  • 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 Tengani
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