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 surname Tenta (Hindi: टेन्टा, Russian: Тента, Tibetan: བསྟན་རྟགས།) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Ténta. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenta? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 193,101st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,344,445 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Tenta reside; 66 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tenta is also the 375,473rd most frequent given name world-wide, held by 508 people.

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

Tenta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tenta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tenta surname expanded 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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