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.
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Tettey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tettey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tettey (Russian: Теттей) is most common in Ghana. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tettey.
How Common Is The Last Name Tettey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tettey is the 15,102nd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 197,580 people. The last name Tettey is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tettey live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 123,414th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 3,344 people.
The surname Tettey is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 36,229 people, or 1 in 746. Without taking into account Ghana Tettey exists in 42 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Tettey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tettey has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 5,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 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 national average, with 85.71% being registered with the 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
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- 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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