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
Tettey (Russian: Теттей) is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tettey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,102nd most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 197,580 people. The surname Tettey is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tettey are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 123,414th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 3,344 people.
The last name is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 36,229 people, or 1 in 746. Without taking into account Ghana this last name is found in 42 countries. It is also common 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 over time. In England the number of people who held the Tettey last name rose 5,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 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 with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for 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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