Tengeya Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Tengeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 293 | 1:157,611 | 12,437 |
Tengeya (113) may also be a first name.
Tengeya Demographics
Tengeya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tengeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tengeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tengeya is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tengeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 908,336th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,872,170 people. The surname Tengeya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tengeya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Tengeya is also the 881,625th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 113 people.
The last name Tengeya is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 293 people, or 1 in 157,611. In Kenya Tengeya is primarily found in: Nyamira County, where 70 percent live, Kisii County, where 26 percent live and Nakuru County, where 1 percent live.
Tengeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Tengeya
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