Tengia Surname

766,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tengia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3611:146,65313,374
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Tengia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tengia occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 766,190th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. The last name Tengia is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tengia are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 361 people, or 1 in 146,653. In Tanzania Tengia is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 36 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent live and Arusha Region, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Tengia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tengia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tengia surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teingia923/
Tenagia922/
Tenegia921/
Tengiha921/
Tenia912,052/
Teangiah864/
Teingiah861/
Tenias831,684/
Tienia83300/
Tengio83164/
Tensia8397/
Thenia8356/
Tingia8351/
Tengea8317/
Teniaa8311/
Teynia833/
Tyngia832/
Tenzia832/
Teenia831/
Teniat831/
Tegnia831/
Teania831/
Tiensia7719/
Teingna7710/
Theniat772/
Teaniah771/
Teannia771/
Tesniaz771/
Tenayia771/
Tenza735,500/
Tenio733,707/
Tenca732,622/
Tenea731,663/
Tenha73638/
Tenya73468/
Tinia73259/
Tensa73192/
Tegna7351/
Tenja7321/
Tynia733/
Teñia731/
Tenía731/
Tengejja712/
Teingnoi712/
Tenaijay711/
Theniath711/
Tesniacz711/
Tetingna711/
Theangna711/
Teangnoi711/
Tensay674,700/
Tajnia67390/
Tienza67352/
Thenya67240/
Tencha67185/
Tensha67177/
Thenza67154/
Tenjei67153/
Teanio6797/
Tenjay6757/
Tensai6753/
Teigna6753/
Tendja6746/
Tensah6734/
Tenyah6733/
Tingea6727/
Tingio6722/
Tiniay6720/
Tiniha6719/
Tiensa6712/
Tinija6710/
Tensei679/
Tenyap679/
Tinsia679/
Tenías679/
Tainia678/
Tinias678/
Tiniap676/
Teinya676/
Tenjap675/
Tenzca675/
Tensio675/
Tenhio675/
Toinia674/
Thaenngio674/
Tenzza673/
Tenyad673/
Taensa673/
Tenhei673/
Tenzoa673/
Tenhea673/
Tenssa672/
Tijnia672/
Tinzia672/
Teensa672/
Teunya672/
Tienya672/
Teinha672/
Teanea671/
Teanya671/
Teneah671/
Teneha671/
Tenhay671/
Tensas671/
Tionia671/
Thynia671/
Thénia671/
Tienio671/
Tegnas671/
Teenya671/
Tenjah671/
Tenjea671/
Tencay671/
Taynia671/
Tignia671/
Tuenza671/
Tiniat671/
Theanjiea671/
Tensat671/
Tyonia670/

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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 Tengia
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