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
Average Tenay Salary in
United States
$46,801 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tenay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tenay (Russian: Тенай, Tibetan: རྟེན་ནས།) is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Ténay. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,061,269th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname is mostly found 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 first name internationally, borne by 248 people.
The last name Tenay is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 778,214. In Turkey Tenay is mostly concentrated in: Mardin Province, where 34 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 21 percent are found and Batman Province, where 11 percent are found. Barring Turkey it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 32 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.
Tenay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tenay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tenay last name rose 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% registered to vote for the political 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
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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 Tenay
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