Tengku Surname

431,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 797 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Qatar

Tengku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia4041:73,0065,267
Indonesia2471:535,42243,307
Qatar621:38,0323,887
Singapore301:183,5907,666
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Tengku (44,110) may also be a first name.

Tengku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tengku is most common in Malaysia. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tengku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 431,914th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,143,721 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Tengku are found; 86 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 81 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tengku is also the 20,501st most frequent first name internationally It is held by 44,110 people.

The last name Tengku is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 404 people, or 1 in 73,006. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Selangor, where 38 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 18 percent are found and Terengganu, where 13 percent are found. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 31 percent are found and Qatar, where 8 percent are found.

Tengku Last Name Statistics demography

Tengku earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 43.7% less than the national average, earning $24,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tengkou9233/
Tengkuh923/
Teungku922/
Tengkuu921/
Tenku91285/
Tenkeu831,057/
Tingku83109/
Tenkku8375/
Tenkou8336/
Tenkui8310/
Tenkuu831/
Thenku831/
Tnku802/
Tingkau7760/
Tingkui7749/
Tienkeu7720/
Tenkush7713/
Tingkeu7712/
Teunkeu7711/
Tyngkut775/
Tenkhuu771/
Tenkeuh771/
Ten'kou771/
Tingkuh771/
Tinku732,516/
Tynku73157/
Tencu7358/
Tinkou67214/
Tinkut6717/
Tinkku6712/
Tenkoo6710/
Tenkoe679/
Tinkuh672/
Tinkau671/
Tencut671/
Temkui671/
Tuunku671/
Tinkuu671/
Tynkus671/

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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 Tengku
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