Ten Surname

14,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,081 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Kyrgyzstan

Ten Surname Definition:

Ferguson considers this name identical with the Old German Tenno, and the mod. German Tanno.

Ten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia14,8661:9,6951,313
Vietnam5,6881:16,288343
Cambodia2,5101:6,170783
Myanmar2,2311:23,280441
Papua New Guinea1,6171:5,042295
Kyrgyzstan1,5191:3,932568
United States1,0321:351,22031,476
Kazakhstan1,0211:17,3192,535
Uzbekistan8781:35,2274,869
Turkey8201:94,9048,410
Indonesia7311:180,91517,424
Spain7301:64,0445,778
Egypt5801:158,51012,069
Ukraine4431:102,76014,709
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Singapore3121:17,653727
Malaysia2941:100,3206,876
Japan2141:597,40315,827
Belarus2121:44,8167,657
Hong Kong1551:47,326847
India1451:5,290,106129,949
Thailand1421:497,45386,793
Canada1361:270,92325,472
Nigeria1161:1,527,09357,948
Australia861:313,90427,145
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Brazil761:2,816,76883,410
England741:752,94741,527
Turkmenistan741:74,1771,431
Tajikistan631:133,1221,576
Cuba621:185,8504,109
China601:22,788,6931,256
Mexico441:2,821,05022,257
Philippines411:2,469,225130,198
Brunei371:11,3171,397
Panama361:108,6744,042
Taiwan361:651,2434,752
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
Venezuela291:1,041,52015,561
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Azerbaijan231:419,5278,573
Pakistan201:8,932,19445,447
Peru201:1,589,20622,980
Greece181:615,54471,673
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Czechia141:759,53467,321
France141:4,744,480251,814
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
South Korea141:3,660,018674
Marshall Islands121:4,318834
Senegal101:1,457,9343,873
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Algeria61:6,438,59253,709
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Abkhazia21:121,4324,128
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:784,66749,209

The alternate forms: Tên (2) are calculated separately.

Ten (73,958) may also be a first name.

Ten Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ferguson considers this name identical with the Old German Tenno, and the mod. German Tanno.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Ten Last Name Facts

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

Ten (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻢ, Hindi: तेन, Marathi: टॅन, Oriya: େଟନ, Russian: Тен) is most common in Russia. It can also be rendered as: Tên. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ten is the 14,255th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 186,473 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Ten reside; 25 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 23 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 13,241st most prevalent given name in the world It is held by 73,958 people.

The last name Ten is most commonly held in Russia, where it is held by 14,866 people, or 1 in 9,695. In Russia Ten is most frequent in: Sakhalin Oblast, where 14 percent are found, Moscow, where 10 percent are found and Primorsky Krai, where 9 percent are found. Other than Russia this last name exists in 115 countries. It also occurs in Vietnam, where 15 percent are found and Cambodia, where 6 percent are found.

Ten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ten last name expanded 1,613 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,850 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ten Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Ten surname is principally Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Orthodox (73%) in Belarus, Orthodox (51%) in Kazakhstan, Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine and Orthodox (77%) in Uzbekistan.

In The United States those bearing the Ten surname are 8.46% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 55.23% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ten earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 174.5% more than the national average, earning S/. 53,212 per year; in United States they earn 5.39% less than the national average, earning $40,822 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.7% more than the national average, earning $62,453 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tên892/
Teng86863,994/
Tien86101,587/
Then8618,592/
Tenn865,098/
Taen863,395/
Tent861,717/
Teen861,669/
Tuen861,420/
Toen861,181/
Tehn86124/
Teun8682/
Tend8654/
Tøen865/
Tesn862/
Tenå862/
Dten862/
Tten861/
Hten861/
Temn860/
Tn80568/
Thien75141,145/
Thoen752,258/
Tenne75911/
Thaen75847/
Theen75764/
Tengg75538/
Thuen75468/
Thenn7598/
Tøien7559/
Teğen7556/
Tenkő7540/
Teeng7539/
Temne7532/
Tengå7522/
Tennø7518/
Tendø7516/
Ttien7512/
Tiehn7510/
Tgeen756/
Tuehn754/
T'Ien753/
Tennd752/
Tengh752/
Gyten751/
Thehn751/
Tencg751/
T'Eïn751/
Tennt751/
ten S751/
Tennh751/
Hteen751/
Tesng751/
Tennk751/
Tenzō751/
Ttuen751/
Teesn751/
Teent751/
Tendt750/
Tehnd750/
Tin67246,554/
Tem678,171/
Tengue675,365/
Tng671,192/
Tyn67722/
Tenova67235/
Týn6774/
Tøn6752/
Tennøe6744/
Tnn6739/
Teenck6730/
Tne6727/
Tnt6724/
Tengne6721/
Htn6719/
Tødten6711/
Thn6711/
Themne6710/
Geeten679/
Ttn679/
Dtn678/
Tnd677/
Tấn677/
Tenque675/
Thenne675/
Theend674/
Tnh674/
Tnq673/
Thenng672/
Tehemn672/
Tün672/
Tehent671/
Tennck671/
Thengh671/
Thienn671/
Tín671/
Tön671/
Temgne671/
Gytten671/
Th'eng671/
Tenndt670/
Tenzch670/

Ten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ten in the Hindi language
तेनtena88.42
टेनtena10.53
Ten in the Oriya language
େଟନetana56.25
େଟଣetana25
େତନetana12.5
େତେନetena6.25
Ten in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻢtm50
ﺗﻦtn50
Ten in the Marathi language
टॅनtena28.57
तेनtena28.57
तॅनtena28.57
टेनtena14.29
Ten in the Russian language
Тенten-

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