Tengeta Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

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

Tengeta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengeta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Tengeta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tengeta is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengeta? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tengeta is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Tengeta live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 100 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea Tengeta occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Kenya, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teneta92744/
Tengata866/
Tengete865/
Tengeto861/
Tenguete801/
Teneto7750/
Tenita7711/
Tineta774/
Tyneta772/
Tngeti771/
Teangitau759/
Tegnestad752/
Teneteu7146/
Tingita7137/
Tenista714/
Tenaita712/
Tenetto711/
Thngeti711/
Tingota711/
Tengiti711/
Tynetta711/
Tinetta710/
Toineeta6770/
Tingatha674/
Tenaytay671/
Toinetta671/

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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 Tengeta
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