Tenye Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Tenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Tenye (32) may also be a first name.
Tenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tenye is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,661,929th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Tenye reside; 45 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tenye is also the 1,840,253rd most numerous first name globally, held by 32 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 82 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 9 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 25 percent are found and Tanzania, where 19 percent are found.
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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 Tenye
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