Tentang Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tentang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tentang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon391:532,54042,124
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Tentang (25) may also be a first name.

Tentang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tentang occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tentang.

How Common Is The Last Name Tentang? popularity and diffusion

Tentang is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Tentang are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tentang is also the 2,136,160th most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 25 people.

The last name Tentang is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon Tentang is most common in: Northwest Region, where 95 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside and West Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 13 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Tentang
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