Throughout the world, Tendai (Tendai 
, Тендай 
) is quite a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Tendai is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Zimbabwe, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Botswana, and Namibia, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Tendai is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Tendai | Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique |
| Тендай | Ukraine, Russia |
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tendai biti Zimbabwean politician, ZW (b. 1966) |
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tendai huchu Zimbabwean author, ZW (b. 1982) |
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tendai mtawarira Zimbabwean rugby union footballer, ZW (b. 1985) |
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tendai mzungu Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1986) |
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| tendai chimusasa athletics competitor, ZW (b. 1972) |
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| tendai mukomberanwa Zimbabwean sculptor, ZW (b. 1974) |
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| tendai nyagura researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-6537-6226) |
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| tendai muzenda Tongai Muzenda's son, ZW |
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| tendai savanhu Zimbabwean politician |
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| tendai mugwagwa researcher |
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| tendai gotora researcher |
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| tendai musoni Zimbabwean actress, ZW |
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| tendai munthali researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-9088-5567 |
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| tendai mabhandi researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-3973-578X) |
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| tendai makope mudziiri shumba Ph.D. University of KwaZulu-Natal 2020 |
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