Tengwana Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tengwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1091:141,63518,305
South Africa571:950,48660,033
England191:2,932,529101,561
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Tengwana (12) may also be a first name.

Tengwana Last Name Facts

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

Tengwana is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tengwana.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tengwana is the 1,244,200th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Tengwana live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 12 people.

This surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 141,635. In Zimbabwe Tengwana is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 46 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 17 percent live and Midlands Province, where 14 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 31 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.

Tengwana Last Name Statistics demography

Tengwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.43% less than the national average, earning R 94,044 per year.

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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 Tengwana
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