Tenkou Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Tenkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
Tenkou (12) may also be a first name.
Tenkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tenkou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻜﻮ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenkou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,274,477th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Tenkou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tenkou live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring given name globally It is held by 12 people.
Tenkou is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 62 percent are found, West Region, where 19 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 17 percent are found and Mauritania, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenkou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenkou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻨﻜﻮ | tnkw | - |
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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 Tenkou
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