Tenju Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Tenju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan641:1,997,56727,803
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Tenju (482) may also be a first name.

Tenju Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tenju (Hindi: तेंजू, Marathi: तजू, Tibetan: སྟན་ཇུ་) is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenju? popularity and diffusion

Tenju is the 2,333,370th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tenju live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Tenju is also the 387,276th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 482 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 1,997,567. In Japan it is primarily found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 63 percent reside, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 36 percent reside and Aichi Prefecture, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Japan this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenjeu917/
Tenjou916/
Tenjui911/
Tenuju911/
Tenoju911/
Tnju891/
Tendjou8370/
Tendjeu832/
Tienjeu831/
Tendjui831/
Tienjou831/
Tanju803,884/
Tenhu80183/
Tensu8061/
Tencu8058/
Teniu8017/
Tinju8015/
Tenyu805/
Tegnu802/
Tonju801/
Tenzu801/
Tensui73257/
Thanju73216/
Tonjau73137/
Tenius7380/
Tensou7345/
Tenchu7329/
Tinjau7317/
Teniou7313/
Tenyue7310/
Thinju736/
Tenyua735/
Tanjui734/
Tinjui732/
Tanjyu732/
Tenzhu732/
Tenéus732/
Tinjus732/
Tanjeu731/
Tenguu731/
Tanjuh731/
Thonju731/
Tanjuy731/
Tanjiu731/
Tinjuh731/
Taniju731/
Tenseu731/
Tenshu731/
Tienyu731/
Tensiu731/
Tenhou731/
Tegnou731/
Tieniu731/
Thenyu731/
Tensus731/
Teinyu731/
Tenehu731/
Tiensuu67862/
Thiensu67144/
Taensui6783/
Tindjou6779/
Teniuch6748/
Tindjau6740/
Tinjoud6735/
Tenoyus6727/
Tengius6714/
Tinjust6714/
Tenchou6711/
Thaenyu675/
Tinjoux673/
Tonooju673/
Tenihut672/
Tienchu672/
Tenyuiy671/
Tenyuie671/
Tnzu671/
Ttenius671/
Teneius671/
Tenkhuu671/
Thienyu671/
Tncu671/
Theniou671/
Tienseu671/
Teneous670/

Tenju Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenju in the Tibetan language
སྟན་ཇུ་tenju-
Tenju in the Hindi language
तेंजूtenju75
तेंजुtenju25
Tenju in the Marathi language
तजूtaju71.43
टजुtaju14.29
तजुtaju14.29

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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 Tenju
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