Tenking Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tenking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Tenking (5) may also be a first name.

Tenking Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tenking Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tenking is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenking? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Tenking occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Tenking are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 5,493,085th most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 5 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Tenking is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 50 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Tenking occurs in one country. It also occurs in China, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tengking934/
Tenkink86160/
Tenkeng8662/
Tinking8616/
Temking863/
Taengkieng821/
Thinking80336/
Tengkeng809/
Tenkyong804/
Temnkeng802/
Themking801/
Tenckinck7523/
Tiongking751/
Thengching711/
Thinkinc671/
Tinkeng5784/
Timkeng571/
Tingqing531/
Tionkeng531/
Tingcheng501/
Tyongkeng501/

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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 Tenking
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