Tenkes Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Tenkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 224 | 1:206,160 | 14,854 |
| Hungary | 50 | 1:196,326 | 16,661 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Tenkeš (38) & Tenkés (9) are calculated separately.
Tenkes Demographics
Tenkes Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tenkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tenkes is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Tenkeš or Tenkés. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenkes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 940,398th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Tenkes live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Tenkes is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 206,160. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent reside, Narok County, where 0 percent reside and Siaya County, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Tenkes is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 18 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Tenkes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenkeš | 94 | 38 | / |
| Tenkés | 94 | 9 | / |
| Tenkese | 92 | 90 | / |
| Tengkes | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tenkesh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tnkes | 91 | 1 | / |
| Toenkkes | 86 | 18 | / |
| Tenkeshe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tinkes | 83 | 66 | / |
| Tngkes | 83 | 8 | / |
| Temkes | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tences | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tingkes | 77 | 443 | / |
| Tinkess | 77 | 146 | / |
| Tengkis | 77 | 18 | / |
| Tenkish | 77 | 1 | / |
| Temketsh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tenkiche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tenquest | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tinkis | 67 | 67 | / |
| Tenkiz | 67 | 30 | / |
| Tinces | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tingkis | 62 | 4 | / |
| Tinkish | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tenchis | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tinches | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tinkiss | 62 | 0 | / |
| Tenquist | 57 | 66 | / |
| Tinkishe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tengquist | 53 | 20 | / |
| Tingquest | 53 | 0 | / |
| Tinkiş | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Tenkes
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