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

Tengela (Georgian: თენგელა, Marathi: तगेला) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tengela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,025,894th most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name Tengela is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tengela live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 34 people.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 419,982. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 18 percent reside and Western Cape, where 9 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Tengela
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