Tenjum Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Tenjum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenjum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Norway131:395,56035,657

Tenjum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tenjum (Marathi: तजुम, Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛུབ་) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenjum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,689,253rd most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Tenjum live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Tenjum is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 9,293,819. In The United States it is most common in: Wisconsin, where 72 percent are found and Illinois, where 28 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 25 percent are found.

Tenjum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tenjum surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Tenjum earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 16.25% less than the national average, earning 289,837 kr per year and in United States they earn 12.15% more than the national average, earning $48,390 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tanjum835,420/
Tinjum83132/
Tonjum83110/
Tønjum83109/
Tönjum832/
Tensum832/
Tenjom831/
Tenjun831/
Taanjum773/
Temdjum771/
Tenkhum771/
Tanjaum771/
Tendjoun711/
Tensun6770/
Tinjom6717/
Tnjung6713/
Tenzom6713/
Tinjun6713/
Tanium675/
Tenyun674/
Timjum672/
Teangnoum671/
Tendjoune671/
Tenjon671/
Temjun671/
Tignum670/
Tensom670/

Tenjum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenjum in the Tibetan language
བསྟན་འཛུབ་tendzub-
Tenjum in the Marathi language
तजुमtajuma-

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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 Tenjum
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