Tengeng Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tengeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea811:100,66313,542
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Tengeng (59) may also be a first name.

Tengeng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tengeng is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengeng? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,020,555th most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Tengeng reside; 94 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 94 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 59 people.

It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 100,663. In Papua New Guinea Tengeng is primarily found in: Morobe, where 84 percent live and Western, where 16 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 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
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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 Tengeng
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