Tenou Surname
Approximately 1,663 people bear this surname
Tenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Benin | 312 | 1:33,127 | 4,331 |
| Ivory Coast | 135 | 1:170,898 | 7,689 |
| Mauritania | 100 | 1:40,949 | 3,140 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Tenou (146) may also be a first name.
Tenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tenou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻮ) occurs in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tenou.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 240,523rd most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 4,382,168 people. The surname Tenou occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tenou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tenou is also the 763,528th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 146 people.
Tenou is most widespread in Togo, where it is borne by 1,050 people, or 1 in 6,903. Without taking into account Togo it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 19 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻨﻮ | tnw | 96 |
| ﺗﻦ | tn | 4 |
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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 Tenou
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