Tergue Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Benin

Tergue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tergue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Tergue (12) may also be a first name.

Tergue Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tergue is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tergue? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,034,050th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Tergue are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 12 people.

Tergue is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 21 percent reside.

Tergue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tergue has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tergue surname increased 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tergui83217/
Terque838/
Tergwe831/
Tergbe831/
Terrengue8026/
Terg8022/
Tierque774/
Tergbeh771/
Teargbe771/
Terke7370/
Tergh732/
Tehrg731/
Terzg731/
Terrg730/
Therg730/
Tergwa67165/
Treque6750/
Teyrek6717/
Terqui6710/
Tirgui674/
Tearec673/
Tergby671/
Terquy671/
Thearg671/
Tehrke671/
Tercke670/

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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 Tergue
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