Tenkes Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Hungary

Tenkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2241:206,16014,854
Hungary501:196,32616,661
France21:33,211,361423,184
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

The alternate forms: Tenkeš (38) & Tenkés (9) are calculated separately.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenkeš9438/
Tenkés949/
Tenkese9290/
Tengkes922/
Tenkesh921/
Tnkes911/
Toenkkes8618/
Tenkeshe861/
Tinkes8366/
Tngkes838/
Temkes834/
Tences831/
Tingkes77443/
Tinkess77146/
Tengkis7718/
Tenkish771/
Temketsh711/
Tenkiche711/
Tenquest711/
Tinkis6767/
Tenkiz6730/
Tinces671/
Tingkis624/
Tinkish621/
Tenchis621/
Tinches621/
Tinkiss620/
Tenquist5766/
Tinkishe571/
Tengquist5320/
Tingquest530/
Tinkiş501/

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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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