Tesga Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Tesga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tesga (41) may also be a first name.
Tesga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tesga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tesga is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tesga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,432,070th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tesga are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 41 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Tesga is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 91 percent are found, Centre Region, where 4 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 3 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 Tesga
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