Tengem Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Tengem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tengem (20) may also be a first name.
Tengem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tengem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tengem is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tengem? popularity and diffusion
Tengem is the 3,485,539th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Tengem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tengem reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tengem is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 20 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon Tengem is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 74 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 13 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 6 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 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 Tengem
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