Tettey Surname
Approximately 36,884 people bear this surname
Tettey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 36,229 | 1:746 | 109 |
| England | 174 | 1:320,219 | 23,859 |
| United States | 161 | 1:2,251,298 | 140,756 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Tettey (3,344) may also be a first name.
Tettey Demographics
Average Tettey Salary in
United States
$43,446 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tettey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tettey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tettey (Russian: Теттей) occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tettey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 15,102nd most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 197,580 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tettey reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tettey is also the 123,414th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 3,344 people.
The surname Tettey is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 36,229 people, or 1 in 746. Apart from Ghana Tettey occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Tettey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tettey has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Tettey surname increased 5,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 8,050 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tettey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tettey surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tettey earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 190.7% more than the national average, earning R 690,816 per year; in United States they earn 0.69% more than the national average, earning $43,446 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.2% more than the national average, earning $53,757 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tettey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tettey in the Russian language | ||
| Теттей | tettej | - |
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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 Tettey
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