Tening Surname

816,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 341 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tening Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tening Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1821:114,11613,201
Indonesia1101:1,202,26584,863
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
India61:127,844,230863,365
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Tening (19,980) may also be a first name.

Tening Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tening is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tening? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 816,514th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. The last name Tening is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Tening reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tening is also the 37,816th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 19,980 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 114,116. In Cameroon Tening is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 69 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 11 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 32 percent are found and Malaysia, where 7 percent are found.

Tening Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tening has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tening last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tegning9212/
Tejning9210/
Tesning928/
Tenging925/
Teuning922/
Teining921/
Tenin911,885/
Teningue869/
Thoening861/
Teinning861/
Teneng832,702/
Tienin83956/
Taning83643/
Tining83179/
Toning83172/
Tenina83152/
Teynin8399/
Tengin8366/
Thenin8331/
Tegnin8325/
Tyning8323/
Teanin838/
Töning836/
Tesnin833/
Teinin832/
Tenion832/
Teunin831/
Tenisn831/
Tenien831/
Tanning771,173/
Tonning77848/
Thaning77213/
Tenienė77111/
Thoning77106/
Taaning7791/
Toenink7733/
Tisning7731/
Tenyong7727/
Tuining7718/
Teineng7710/
Teninke7710/
Töhning7710/
Teynina779/
Tenueng776/
Tiniong776/
Toining776/
Taining776/
Thengin773/
Thienin773/
Tioning773/
Tyhning772/
Thenint772/
Tehenin771/
Tieneng771/
Teamnin771/
Tinin731,496/
Tenen73865/
Tenim73217/
Tenyn7311/
Tynin735/
Tenén733/
Ténin731/
Thanning71187/
Thonning7136/
Taanning7114/
Thaaning714/
Tiningke714/
Thahning711/
Teuninck711/
Tenengue711/
Tajnin67813/
Tinina67452/
Teunen67352/
Theuninck67291/
Tingin67285/
Taneng67186/
Thenen67134/
Tenaen67127/
Tienen6775/
Tenent6769/
Toneng6768/
Tineng6763/
Tynion6749/
Tesnim6737/
Tenuun6722/
Tenyna6717/
Tynina6713/
Tainin6711/
Tinion676/
Tenyon673/
Teinen673/
Tenuen672/
Toynin671/
Taynin671/
Tinimn671/
Toinin671/
Teynen671/
Teinyn671/
Thenim671/
Tenenė671/
Teneun671/
Tenenk671/
Thinin671/
Thénin671/
Tignin671/
Titnin671/
Tionin670/

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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 Tening
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