Tenay Surname
Approximately 235 people bear this surname
Tenay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 100 | 1:778,214 | 38,497 |
| Philippines | 75 | 1:1,349,843 | 99,755 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Ténay (4) are calculated separately.
Tenay (248) may also be a first name.
Tenay Demographics
Tenay Political Affiliation
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Tenay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tenay (Russian: Тенай, Tibetan: རྟེན་ནས།) occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Ténay. For other possible spellings of Tenay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,061,269th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Tenay live; 34 percent live in West Asia and 34 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 566,287th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 248 people.
It is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 778,214. In Turkey it is most common in: Mardin Province, where 34 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live and Batman Province, where 11 percent live. Aside from Turkey it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 32 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.
Tenay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tenay has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 820 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tenay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tenay surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.
Tenay earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.46% more than the national average, earning $46,801 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenay in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྟེན་ནས། | tenné | 50 |
| ཏེ་ནེ། | téné | 25 |
| གརྟེན་གནས། | gatenné | 25 |
| Tenay in the Russian language | ||
| Тенай | tenaj | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tenay
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