Tenteng Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Tenteng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenteng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho321:63,5178,935
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Tenteng (98) may also be a first name.

Tenteng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tenteng is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenteng? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,352,516th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Tenteng occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Tenteng reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tenteng is also the 956,749th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 98 people.

The last name Tenteng is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 63,517. In Lesotho it is most common in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 47 percent are found, Quthing District, where 28 percent are found and Maseru District, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho Tenteng is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tienteng935/
Tenten92900/
Thienteng881/
Tenting8628/
Tentien861/
Tentenn861/
Tientien8033/
Tintieng804/
Teenthen801/
Teenteen801/
Tuinteng801/
Thenthen801/
Tinten7718/
Tentin777/
Tentem775/
Tentyn772/
Teenthaen752/
Thienthng751/
Tinthieng751/
Tention71163/
Tinting71116/
Tentina7164/
Tentyon719/
Thienthien712/
Thienthing711/
Tentinn711/
Tndtn671/
Tintuing671/
Tntyn670/

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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 Tenteng
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