Tenwa Surname
Approximately 709 people bear this surname
Tenwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 565 | 1:69,096 | 7,708 |
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Tenwa (35) may also be a first name.
Tenwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tenwa occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 472,684th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,278,626 people. The last name Tenwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tenwa reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 35 people.
It is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 565 people, or 1 in 69,096. In Uganda Tenwa is most prevalent in: Mayuge District, where 36 percent live, Bugiri District, where 16 percent live and Kamuli District, where 12 percent live. Excluding Uganda it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenwah | 91 | 360 | / |
| Tenway | 91 | 35 | / |
| Tenhwa | 91 | 33 | / |
| Teenwa | 91 | 19 | / |
| Tenwaa | 91 | 6 | / |
| Tennwa | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tenwha | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tenwai | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tenwap | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tenwaz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tnwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Thenwat | 83 | 19 | / |
| Teenwaa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Tenwach | 83 | 1 | / |
| Teenway | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tienwua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Temwa | 80 | 3,082 | / |
| Tinwa | 80 | 138 | / |
| Tenba | 80 | 56 | / |
| Tenwo | 80 | 33 | / |
| Tenwi | 80 | 30 | / |
| Tenwe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Tenua | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tnwai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thenua | 73 | 126 | / |
| Tinway | 73 | 117 | / |
| Thinwa | 73 | 109 | / |
| Tionwa | 73 | 16 | / |
| Tenbay | 73 | 11 | / |
| Temwat | 73 | 11 | / |
| Temwea | 73 | 9 | / |
| Teenwi | 73 | 6 | / |
| Tenwei | 73 | 6 | / |
| Tinwai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tainwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tenbai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tenbha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tinwas | 73 | 2 | / |
| Temway | 73 | 2 | / |
| Temnwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tienua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenwou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenwie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teenwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teinwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenwii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenbah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tainewa | 67 | 72 | / |
| Themwat | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tyneway | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tenbeau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tyonwua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tnva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tnwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tenmbea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teunwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tienwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tehenba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tinnwat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thenuaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tnba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Tenwa
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