Tshengu Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tshengu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshengu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1681:322,48630,363
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971

Tshengu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tshengu (Tibetan: ཚེངས་འགུག་) is most common in South Africa. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tshengu.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshengu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,177,228th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshengu reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 322,486. In South Africa Tshengu is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 36 percent reside, Gauteng, where 27 percent reside and Western Cape, where 19 percent reside. Beside South Africa Tshengu occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside.

Tshengu Last Name Statistics demography

Tshengu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.8% less than the national average, earning R 169,188 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Tsangu773,368/
Chengu77493/
Tshinu77205/
Tsingu7769/
Tsenou7750/
Tsongu777/
Tseagu776/
Tsegou775/
Scengu773/
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Tchenou71156/
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ZhengGu7116/
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Tsongou7111/
Tchegus7111/
Chengou7110/
Chenghu717/
Tshineu714/
Chenggu712/
Tsegush711/
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Tshigud711/
Tchenui711/
Tcheneu711/
Tsyngau711/
Chengau711/
Tschenheus710/
Chenu676,725/
Tsigu673,222/
Chegu671,083/
Cengu67502/
Zengu67448/
Tsinu67229/
Zhegu67100/
Tshinahu6775/
Chenghui6733/
Zhenghui6731/
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Tchingou6722/
Tsingauz6720/
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Tsanghou675/
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Cheng'ui671/
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Tshengu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tshengu in the Tibetan language
ཚེངས་འགུག་tsengguk-

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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 Tshengu
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