Tengyel Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Tengyel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tengyel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary181:545,34933,535
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tengyel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tengyel (Tibetan: བསྟན་རྒྱལ་) occurs more in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Tengyel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tengyel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tengyel is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Tengyel are found; 90 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Hungary, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 545,349. In Hungary it is primarily concentrated in: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 56 percent live and Hajdú-Bihar County, where 44 percent live. Not including Hungary this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 5 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tengyel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tengyel in the Tibetan language
བསྟན་རྒྱལ་tengyal-

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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
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