Tengue Surname

89,436th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Tengue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo4,7251:1,534155
Cameroon2031:102,31112,070
Gabon2021:9,3521,744
Benin781:132,50814,244
Ivory Coast561:411,98613,976
France221:3,019,215204,848
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Mauritania111:372,26015,230
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
England61:9,286,343223,652
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Burkina Faso31:6,117,36722,156
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Tengue (25) may also be a first name.

Tengue Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tengue (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻚ) occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengue? popularity and diffusion

It is the 89,436th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,358,350 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tengue reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name globally, held by 25 people.

This last name is most frequent in Togo, where it is carried by 4,725 people, or 1 in 1,534. Aside from Togo this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Gabon, where 4 percent reside.

Tengue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tengue has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tengue surname expanded 143 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tengue Last Name Statistics demography

Tengue earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.13% less than the national average, earning $13,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tengkue9298/
Tengoue9225/
Tenguey9217/
Thengue923/
Teungue922/
Tengueh921/
Tenngue920/
Thiengue8612/
Tingue831,042/
Tengwe83194/
Tengbe8392/
Tengua8367/
Tenkue8363/
Temgue8322/
Tengne8321/
Tengui8312/
Tengke839/
Tenque835/
Teng80863,994/
Tingkue77140/
Tengwei7781/
Tinguey7775/
Thengne7767/
Tengwer7752/
Tiengwe7750/
Tinguee7733/
Tinggue7720/
Tengver7717/
Tingoue7712/
Temgoue7711/
Thingue777/
Tengbea776/
Tenguha775/
Thengua774/
Tiongue772/
Tenghui771/
Tenguay771/
Tinghue771/
Taengwe771/
Tengbey771/
Thengwe771/
Tengwie771/
Tenkoue771/
Tiengua771/
Tienque771/
Thuengkuea7510/
Theng7316,570/
Tieng731,205/
Tenke731,172/
Taeng731,012/
Tenne73911/
Tengg73538/
Tengs73258/
Toeng73210/
Tueng73178/
Teung7398/
Teeng7339/
Temne7332/
Tengå7322/
Tengk734/
Tengh732/
Tencg731/
Tengt731/
Tesng731/
Thiongue715/
Tenquest711/
Tengwehe711/
Ten6739,081/
Tng671,192/
Tengwa671,012/
Thieng67316/
Tingui67300/
Thoeng67213/
Tingwe67213/
Tingke67184/
Thaeng67183/
Tingne67137/
Tengwi6794/
Teengs6781/
Theeng6777/
Tingbe6762/
Tengbi6745/
Tennøe6744/
Taengh6734/
Tångne6732/
Tengby6720/
Tengquist6720/
Temgui6715/
Tingve6711/
Themne6710/
Tenkui6710/
Thenne675/
Thenke673/
Tengch673/
Thenng672/
Tinque672/
Thueng672/
Tengkt671/
Thengh671/
Temgne671/
Tenkwe671/
Ten'ke671/
Thengz671/
Th'eng671/
Taengguai671/
Taengkuay671/
Tingquest670/
Tehnke670/

Tengue Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tengue in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻨﻚtnk50
ﺗﻨﻜﻪtnkh50

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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 Tengue
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