Tengeneza Surname

169,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,538 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tengeneza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengeneza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,5281:34,6484,045
DR Congo9991:73,9548,630
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tengeneza (900) may also be a first name.

Tengeneza Last Name Facts

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

Tengeneza is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengeneza? popularity and diffusion

Tengeneza is the 169,950th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,871,373 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tengeneza reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 270,627th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 900 people.

This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,528 people, or 1 in 34,648. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 18 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 13 percent live and Lindi Region, where 12 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 39 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

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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 Tengeneza
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