Tennou Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tennou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tennou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon961:216,34421,934
Mauritania171:240,87411,443
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Tennou Last Name Facts

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

Tennou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻮ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tennou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tennou is the 1,666,404th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname Tennou is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tennou reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Tennou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 216,344. In Cameroon Tennou is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent live, Centre Region, where 34 percent live and West Region, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 14 percent live and Poland, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tengnou9223/
Tennous924/
Tennouj923/
Tiennou922/
Tenno91530/
Tennu9110/
Tiennoue861/
Tennouji861/
Temnou8338/
Tinnou8319/
Tengnu8315/
Thennu838/
Tennoe834/
Tennoh833/
Tennoy832/
Thenno832/
Tennus831/
Tuenno831/
Tennue830/
Tnnu806/
Tnno801/
Tengnoi77169/
Thaennu7759/
Tiennoi7746/
Tennhue778/
Tiennoo774/
Taennoi774/
Tiennoy772/
Temnous771/
Taennui771/
Tenneau771/
Tinnous771/
Thennus771/
Tennaut771/
Thennoo771/
Tinngou771/
Thennot771/
Tenneus771/
Tennott770/
Tenna734,138/
Tinno73545/
Tinnu7356/
Tõnno738/
Tnoue731/
Tnnos731/
Tennó731/
Thaennoi715/
Thiennoo715/
Thaennui712/
Thengnoy711/
Temnouch711/
Thiennoi711/
Tennhaus710/
Tenney679,650/
Tennah672,557/
Tennie671,333/
Temnut67153/
Thenny67151/
Tienna6788/
Tengna6768/
Tinnut6750/
Timnou6749/
Tnu6735/
Tinnoo6723/
Tennat6721/
Tennas6720/
Tinnus6714/
Tingnu6714/
Tno6713/
Thienneau6713/
Tennai679/
Tnouye676/
Thenna674/
Tinngo673/
Thinnu673/
Temnus672/
Tinnoi672/
Tinnui672/
Tingno672/
Teheno672/
Tinnue672/
Tennee672/
Thinno672/
Tennay672/
Tionno672/
Temnui671/
Tennae671/
Temgno671/
Tinnoy671/
Temneu671/
Tinnuy671/
Tinnno671/
Tennei671/
Tennga671/
Taenna671/
Teenna671/
Tennye670/

Tennou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tennou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻨﻮtnw75
ﺍﻟﺘﻦaltn12.5
ﺗﻦtn12.5

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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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  • 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 Tennou
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