Tengum Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tengum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tengum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tengum is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tengum.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengum? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tengum is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Tengum live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon Tengum is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 77 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 15 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 8 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 39 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.

Tengum Last Name Statistics demography

Tengum earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 23.23% less than the national average, earning $38,140 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tengoum9233/
Tiengum9212/
Thengum926/
Teangum921/
Tngum912/
Tenum911/
Tiengoum8614/
Teangaum865/
Tenghoum862/
Thiengum861/
Tingum83177/
Tesnum839/
Tengom838/
Teinum837/
Tengun837/
Temgum832/
Tenume831/
Thenum831/
Tenoum831/
Teangnoum801/
Theangaum801/
Timngum77805/
Tinggum7763/
Thetnum7759/
Tengung7728/
Tingume7721/
Tenggom7715/
Tengunt7710/
Tyongum779/
Tingoum777/
Tiengom773/
Teungun771/
Thengun771/
Taengun771/
Tinum7337/
Tenom7328/
Tynum734/
Tenggung7121/
Thaingum711/
Timngume711/
Timngoum711/
Tyonum671,657/
Tingom67351/
Timgum67111/
Tengon6763/
Teinom6728/
Tingun6718/
Tainum676/
Tinume672/
Thuengoun671/
Thynum671/
Teynom671/
Tignum670/

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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 Tengum
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