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 found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenju? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tenju is the 2,333,370th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname Tenju is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tenju live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 387,276th most common forename globally, borne by 482 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Japan, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 1,997,567. In Japan Tenju is most numerous in: Osaka Prefecture, where 63 percent reside, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 36 percent reside and Aichi Prefecture, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Japan Tenju is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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
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  • 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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