Tenumah Surname

684,148th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 434 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tenumah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenumah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4311:411,00421,432
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Tenumah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tenumah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenumah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tenumah is the 684,148th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tenumah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 431 people, or 1 in 411,004. In Nigeria Tenumah is most numerous in: Delta, where 88 percent live, Lagos, where 4 percent live and Edo, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenuma9230/
Tenguma8677/
Tehnimah801/
Thienuma801/
Teuneuma801/
Tengumoh801/
Tanuma779,967/
Tonuma77280/
Tenima777/
Tenoma771/
Tõnuma771/
Thanuma71384/
Tanauma71372/
Toinuma71156/
Tõnumaa7138/
Tanimah717/
Tenomaa715/
Taenima714/
Tanumai712/
Tinguma711/
Teanima711/
Tienima711/
Tenimoh711/
Tyonuma711/
Tinhuma711/
Tohnimah675/
Thionuma673/
Tenhomaa672/
Tinumhay671/
Thahnuma671/

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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 Tenumah
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