Tengeza Surname

351,339th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,038 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tengeza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengeza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7251:73,0237,622
Kenya2921:158,15012,467
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Tengeza Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tengeza is most common in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengeza? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tengeza is the 351,339th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 7,020,757 people. The last name Tengeza is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tengeza reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 725 people, or 1 in 73,023. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Pwani Region, where 28 percent are found, Lindi Region, where 20 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 28 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Tengeza Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Muslim (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 Tengeza
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