Tenywa Surname

40,014th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Tenywa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenywa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda12,7411:3,064524
Tanzania3571:148,29613,502
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Tenywa (175) may also be a first name.

Tenywa Last Name Facts

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

Tenywa is found most in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tenywa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenywa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 40,014th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 555,750 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tenywa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 690,096th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 175 people.

Tenywa is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 12,741 people, or 1 in 3,064. In Uganda Tenywa is most frequent in: Kamuli District, where 21 percent are found, Luuka District, where 13 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 12 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teenywa9217/
Tenyhwa924/
Ttenywa923/
Tenhywa922/
Tenywha922/
Teanywa921/
Tenywah921/
Tenyowa921/
Tenjwa8350/
Tenhwa8333/
Tenywe8315/
Tenewa839/
Tenuwa833/
Thenjwa7761/
Tenyova7739/
Tengewa7713/
Tenewaa774/
Teenywe772/
Thenewa771/
Tenuway771/
Teniwah771/
Tenewai771/
Tingaywa711/
Teneva674,525/
Taniwa67270/
Teneba67173/
Tanewa6733/
Tenewe6728/
Tonewa6721/
Tanywi6720/
Toniwa6720/
Tanuwa6719/
Tiniwa6711/
Tonuwa679/
Teniba675/
Tenewo673/
Tenjua672/
Teniva672/
Tynyva671/
Tinewa671/
Tonjwa671/
Tinuwa671/
Tağienyva671/
Tenyve671/
Teniwe671/
Teneby670/

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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 Tenywa
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