Tenkenya Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Tenkenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Tenkenya (27) may also be a first name.
Tenkenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenkenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tenkenya is found most frequently in Malawi. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenkenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tenkenya live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 27 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Not including Malawi it exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Tenkenya
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