Tensah Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Tensah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Tensah (11) may also be a first name.
Tensah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tensah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tensah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tensah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tensah live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tensah is also the 3,487,849th most widely held forename globally, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Tensah is most common in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent live, Southwest Region, where 6 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tensa | 91 | 192 | / |
| Tensay | 83 | 4,700 | / |
| Tensha | 83 | 177 | / |
| Tensho | 83 | 120 | / |
| Tensia | 83 | 97 | / |
| Tensai | 83 | 53 | / |
| Tiensa | 83 | 12 | / |
| Taensa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Teensa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tenssa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tensat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tensas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tnsa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thaensa | 77 | 98 | / |
| Tiensia | 77 | 19 | / |
| Temssah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Tiensai | 77 | 8 | / |
| Temsaah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tuinsah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tiensay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tenjahy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tenshoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tinsach | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tenshey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tenza | 73 | 5,500 | / |
| Tenca | 73 | 2,622 | / |
| Tenso | 73 | 315 | / |
| Tinsa | 73 | 62 | / |
| Temsa | 73 | 22 | / |
| Tenja | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ttnsa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tnzsa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tnsay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thiensai | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tienshou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tinsay | 67 | 845 | / |
| Tengia | 67 | 372 | / |
| Tienza | 67 | 352 | / |
| Tencha | 67 | 185 | / |
| Thenza | 67 | 154 | / |
| Tinsai | 67 | 86 | / |
| Tinjah | 67 | 58 | / |
| Tenjay | 67 | 57 | / |
| Tendja | 67 | 46 | / |
| Tensou | 67 | 45 | / |
| Tõnsau | 67 | 36 | / |
| Tünsay | 67 | 27 | / |
| Tenzos | 67 | 23 | / |
| Tengea | 67 | 17 | / |
| Tinsha | 67 | 17 | / |
| Tinsap | 67 | 16 | / |
| Tinzah | 67 | 16 | / |
| Thinsa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tinsoa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tienso | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tinsia | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tensei | 67 | 9 | / |
| Temsai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tenjap | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tenzca | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tynjah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Temsat | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tensio | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tensos | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tinsat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tencho | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tenzoa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tenzza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tenzia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tensey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tionsa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thenchath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ttinsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuenza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tinsaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenseu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thenso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taenso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tensoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tencay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Temsay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenjea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenzho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tinsea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tensão | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tensah
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