Tenteni Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tenteni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenteni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa711:763,06652,802
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Tenteni Last Name Facts

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

Tenteni is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenteni? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tenteni is the 2,203,767th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tenteni are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Tenteni is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 763,066. In South Africa Tenteni is most common in: Western Cape, where 44 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 37 percent are found and Gauteng, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Tenteni Last Name Statistics demography

Tenteni earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.51% less than the national average, earning R 165,144 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tentenie9382/
Tentengi9322/
Tentenei931/
Tentena8634/
Tenteny862/
Tentini862/
Tentene861/
Tentinis804/
Tentenje803/
Tentine7162/
Tintini7135/
Tintene7113/
Tentiña711/
Tinthini675/
Tentinge671/
Tintinis671/
Tintingi671/
Tintener670/
Tintenherr599/
Tintine5720/
Tintiña572/
Tyntynh571/
Temtene571/
Tintigner509/

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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 Tenteni
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