Tenkeng Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Tenkeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tenkeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenkeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tenkeng has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenkeng? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Tenkeng is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tenkeng are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 49 percent live, Centre Region, where 26 percent live and West Region, where 20 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tengkeng | 93 | 9 | / |
| Temnkeng | 93 | 2 | / |
| Tenken | 92 | 26 | / |
| Tienken | 86 | 1,123 | / |
| Tengken | 86 | 96 | / |
| Tinkeng | 86 | 84 | / |
| Tenking | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tenkuen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tenkeun | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tenkien | 86 | 0 | / |
| Tennken | 86 | 0 | / |
| Tiencken | 80 | 79 | / |
| Thienken | 80 | 19 | / |
| Tengking | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tenkyong | 80 | 4 | / |
| Thuenken | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tionkeng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tenkin | 77 | 111 | / |
| Tinken | 77 | 66 | / |
| Thienkaen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tyongkeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tenkink | 71 | 160 | / |
| Thünken | 71 | 76 | / |
| Tenkina | 71 | 44 | / |
| Tinking | 71 | 16 | / |
| Tingken | 71 | 13 | / |
| Tincken | 71 | 6 | / |
| Tenchen | 71 | 5 | / |
| Temking | 71 | 3 | / |
| Temkent | 71 | 2 | / |
| Timkeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tienkhn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tienkin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tenkyna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thinking | 67 | 336 | / |
| Tengchen | 67 | 12 | / |
| Themking | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thinkeen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tenkeng
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