Tenkia Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Tenkia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tenkia (7) may also be a first name.
Tenkia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenkia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tenkia is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tenkia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenkia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Tenkia live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Tenkia is also the 4,548,448th most numerous forename on earth, borne by 7 people.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya it is most common in: Homa Bay County, where 50 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 50 percent reside. Besides Kenya it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Tenkia
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