Tennou Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Tennou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 96 | 1:216,344 | 21,934 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Tennou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tennou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tennou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻮ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tennou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,666,404th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tennou live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 216,344. In Cameroon Tennou is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent reside, Centre Region, where 34 percent reside and West Region, where 17 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Tennou is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 14 percent reside and Poland, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tennou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tennou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻨﻮ | tnw | 75 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻦ | altn | 12.5 |
| ﺗﻦ | tn | 12.5 |
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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
- 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 Tennou
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