Tenua Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Tenua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Tenua (28) may also be a first name.

Tenua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tenua (Georgian: თენუა) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Tenua reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 28 people.

Tenua is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Pernambuco, where 100 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thenua91126/
Tienua911/
Tenuha911/
Tienwua831/
Thenuaa831/
Tenwa80709/
Tenba8056/
Tinua8018/
Tenuo8018/
Tehenuah771/
Tenwah73360/
Tenway7335/
Teenwa7319/
Tenbou7312/
Tenbay7311/
Tenwaa736/
Tinuat734/
Tenwha733/
Tennwa733/
Tenbha733/
Tenbai733/
Tenwai732/
Tnuayi732/
Tenwaz731/
Tinuha731/
Tinuay731/
Tenwou731/
Tenbah731/
Thenuo731/
Tenwap731/
Theunuo6798/
Thenwat6719/
Teenwaa676/
Tyonwua674/
Tenbeau674/
Tnva672/
Tnba671/
Tenwach671/
Tnwa671/
Tenmbea671/
Teunwou671/
Tehenba671/
Teenway671/

Tenua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenua in the Georgian language
თენუაtenua-

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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 Tenua
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