Tenta Surname

193,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tenta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,4491:67,3206,648
DR Congo2741:269,63325,289
Papua New Guinea1371:59,5167,632
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
Greece421:263,80539,714
Indonesia321:4,132,787209,071
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
India281:27,395,192354,286
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Benin211:492,17232,947
Hungary201:490,81431,291
Austria171:500,90847,931
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
England21:27,859,030389,889
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Ténta (16) are calculated separately.

Tenta (508) may also be a first name.

Tenta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tenta (Hindi: टेन्टा, Russian: Тента, Tibetan: བསྟན་རྟགས།) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may be rendered as a variant: Ténta. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tenta.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenta? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 193,101st most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,344,445 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Tenta live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 375,473rd most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 508 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Apart from Ethiopia this last name is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.

Tenta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tenta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tenta surname grew 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tenta Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tenta earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.1% less than the national average, earning R 30,648 per year; in United States they earn 20.18% more than the national average, earning $51,857 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.33% less than the national average, earning $45,542 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ténta9316/
Tienta912,886/
Tentea91579/
Tentoa91214/
Tentha9192/
Tentas9186/
Tentau9152/
Tentay9126/
Thenta9112/
Tentai918/
Teenta911/
Tentaş911/
Tuenta911/
Tennta911/
Tnta892/
Thienta833,042/
Tentaya83123/
Tenthai831/
Tinta8015,159/
Tenti802,722/
Tente802,402/
Tento80817/
Tntha80306/
Tenty80268/
Temta8031/
Tynta8027/
Tntas801/
Tntay801/
Tentó801/
Tienthai775/
Thenthai771/
Tintas73799/
Tentis73628/
Tintaş73552/
Tienti73478/
Tenter73466/
Thinta73300/
Tiento73281/
Tentes73243/
Tintha73169/
Tuente73128/
Tentie73115/
Tenteh7384/
Tentij7372/
Thente7356/
Tintay7318/
Tentee7317/
Ten'te7317/
Thenti7316/
Tiente7316/
Tentou7314/
Tentiy7311/
Taento7311/
Tenteu7311/
Tintai7310/
Tuento738/
Tennti735/
Thento735/
Tentei735/
Tenthy734/
Temtap734/
Tentii733/
Tentop733/
Tüntas733/
Tentoo732/
Tentey732/
Tennte732/
Tentti732/
Tintau732/
Tentio732/
Tentoh732/
Teenti731/
Tintaa731/
Tintta731/
Tienty731/
Tüntaş731/
Tîntas731/
Teunte731/
Temtai731/
Temtat731/
Tentet731/
Tentih731/
Tentos731/
Tentot731/
Toente731/
Ttinta731/
Tented731/
Tuenti731/
Tendtj731/
Thaenthai7188/
Thienthai719/
Tintaya6710,162/
Thintha67551/
Thienty67397/
Tentets67366/
Thuente67196/
Temthap67151/
Thaente6791/
Tynthai6790/
Tintaud6761/
Tientou6756/
Thentie6750/
Tnti6726/
Tientie6722/
Tentije6715/
Thintai6710/
Tintaus676/
Tenteis676/
Thintas675/
Tnty672/
Tentest672/
Thenthe672/
Tienteu672/
Tientoh672/
Tintash672/
Tentieh672/
Tnto671/
Theenty671/
Thennti671/
Thentoo671/
Tennter671/
Toentie671/
Tehntoh671/
Tenteuh671/
Tentiey671/
Tntj671/
Thentge671/
Tnthaya671/
Tehnter670/

Tenta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenta in the Tibetan language
བསྟན་རྟགས།tentak-
Tenta in the Hindi language
टेन्टाtenta50
टेंटाtenta50
Tenta in the Russian language
Тентаtenta-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tenta
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