Tenta Surname
Approximately 2,179 people bear this surname
Tenta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 1:59,516 | 7,632 |
| Germany | 77 | 1:1,045,525 | 70,954 |
| Greece | 42 | 1:263,805 | 39,714 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Hungary | 20 | 1:490,814 | 31,291 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Ténta (16) are calculated separately.
Tenta (508) may also be a first name.
Tenta Demographics
Average Tenta Salary in
United States
$51,857 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 also appear as a variant: Ténta. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 193,101st most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,344,445 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Tenta are found; 66 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tenta is also the 375,473rd most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 508 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Barring Ethiopia Tenta exists in 30 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Tenta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tenta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tenta surname increased 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
Tenta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenta in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསྟན་རྟགས། | tentak | - |
| Tenta in the Hindi language | ||
| टेन्टा | tenta | 50 |
| टेंटा | tenta | 50 |
| Tenta in the Russian language | ||
| Тента | tenta | - |
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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 Tenta
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