Tengela Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tengela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1291:419,98236,405
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Zambia331:480,30121,871
India51:153,413,076951,030
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tengela (34) may also be a first name.

Tengela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tengela (Georgian: თენგელა, Marathi: तगेला) occurs most in South Africa. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,025,894th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname Tengela is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tengela reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tengela is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 34 people.

The surname Tengela is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 419,982. In South Africa Tengela is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 18 percent reside and Western Cape, where 9 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Zambia, where 13 percent reside.

Tengela Last Name Statistics demography

Tengela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.71% less than the national average, earning R 83,856 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tengela Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tengela in the Georgian language
თენგელაtengela-
Tengela in the Marathi language
तगेलाtagela66.67
टगेलाtagela33.33

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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 Tengela
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