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) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenkou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tenkou reside; 72 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 12 people.
The last name Tenkou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 62 percent live, West Region, where 19 percent live and Littoral Region, where 8 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 17 percent live and Mauritania, where 11 percent live.
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
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- 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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