Tengele Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tengele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2381:222,44418,495
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Tengele (25) may also be a first name.

Tengele Last Name Facts

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

Tengele (Marathi: टेगले) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengele? popularity and diffusion

Tengele is the 864,701st most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The surname Tengele is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tengele are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Tengele is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 25 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 222,444. In Tanzania Tengele is most prevalent in: Songwe Region, where 100 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tengele Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tengele in the Marathi language
टेगलेtegale-

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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
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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 Tengele
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