Tenganya Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Tenganya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Tenganya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenganya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tenganya is most common in Tanzania. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenganya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tenganya is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Tenganya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tenganya reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Tenganya is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 80 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 44 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 Tenganya
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