Family name Tenele (Tenele 
) , across the world, is an extremely rare cognomen. The last name Tenele is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Africa, where it is an extremely rare surname. Predominantly, Tenele is the forename as well as the last name.
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