Tenje Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Tenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 58 | 1:266,177 | 28,032 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Marshall Islands | 15 | 1:3,455 | 727 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tenje (449) may also be a first name.
Tenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tenje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﺠﻪ, Marathi: तजे) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,628,521st most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Tenje live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tenje is also the 403,949th most common first name globally It is held by 449 people.
The last name Tenje is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 266,177. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 29 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 26 percent are found and Harare Province, where 22 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 19 percent are found and The Marshall Islands, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenje in the Marathi language | ||
| तजे | taje | - |
| Tenje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻨﺠﻪ | tnjh | 66.93 |
| ﺗﻨﺞ | tnj | 31.5 |
| ﺗﻨﺠﺔ | tnjt | 0.79 |
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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 Tenje
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