Tender Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Niue

Tender Surname Definition:

Alexander Teyndar held a tenement in Arnbroath, 1506 and David Tendir was a monk in Arbroath Abbey, 1511 (RAA, II, p. 367,410). James Teyndar was a charter witness, 1544 (ibid, pref., p. xxxiii), and Jacobus Teinder appears in Edinburgh, 1646 (Inquls.

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Tender Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania521:386,11332,215
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Niue11:1,614145
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
England11:55,718,059489,080
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Tender (986) may also be a first name.

Tender Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Alexander Teyndar held a tenement in Arnbroath, 1506 and David Tendir was a monk in Arbroath Abbey, 1511 (RAA, II, p. 367,410). James Teyndar was a charter witness, 1544 (ibid, pref., p. xxxiii), and Jacobus Teinder appears in Edinburgh, 1646 (Inquls. Tut., 701).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

An attendant. In the Eastern Counties a waiter at an inn is so called.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Halliwell says tender, in the eastern counties, signifies a waiter at an inn.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Tender Last Name Facts

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

Tender (Arabic: طريا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﺪﺭ, Russian: Тендер, Tibetan: བསྟོན་དར།) occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tender? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tender is the 1,235,409th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname Tender occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Tender live; 28 percent live in Eastern Europe and 28 percent live in Romanian Europe. Tender is also the 256,549th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 986 people.

This last name is most common in Romania, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 386,113. In Romania Tender is most prevalent in: Buzău County, where 62 percent reside, Dâmbovița County, where 8 percent reside and Gorj County, where 8 percent reside. Barring Romania Tender is found in 20 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 22 percent reside and Estonia, where 14 percent reside.

Tender Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tender has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tender Last Name Statistics demography

Tender earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 15.89% more than the national average, earning R 275,400 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tendere92641/
Tuender9231/
Toender9211/
Thender924/
Tendert922/
Tendeur921/
Tende915,934/
Tnder9125/
Tendeire8620/
Tendeher861/
Tinder831,616/
Tønder83722/
Tuende83719/
Tendet83519/
Tendee83374/
Tendea83164/
Tiende83142/
Tendeu8398/
Thende8377/
Tendir8372/
Toende8367/
Tendre8365/
Tendeh8356/
Tendey8340/
Tendep8333/
Tönder8333/
Tünder8332/
Tendes8324/
Tendie8311/
Tendej8311/
Tendhe8310/
Tendei835/
Tendje834/
Taende833/
T'Ende831/
Ttende831/
Tndert831/
Tynder830/
Tenderová808/
Tnde803/
Tenderova801/
Tuinder77375/
Tiendeu7714/
Taendee7711/
Tindere779/
Thendhe779/
Tindert777/
Tindier777/
Tiendee777/
Tyonder774/
Thendge772/
Thinder772/
Tiendeh772/
Tendire772/
Thendeu772/
Tendets771/
Thiende771/
Tiendie771/
Tuendey771/
Tuendei771/
Tenda738,207/
Tinde733,139/
Tendi73995/
Tendy73308/
Tünde7344/
Temde7314/
Tynde732/
Tndeu731/
Tendé731/
Thaendee714/
Thiendee713/
Tehendje711/
Teendire711/
Thindere711/
Tintdeir711/
Thiendej711/
Tienda675,586/
Tendai671,030/
Tendoy67364/
Tenday67221/
Tendaj67160/
Thendy67129/
Temdee67123/
Tendit67102/
Tindje6757/
Tendyt6755/
Tiendi6752/
Tindie6742/
Tündér6738/
Tuunde6737/
Tendis6725/
Thendi6718/
Tendys6716/
Tindes6712/
Tendui6710/
Tindet679/
Teenda678/
Tindeh678/
Thinde677/
Tindre675/
Tindeu674/
Tyonde672/
Tindea672/
Ttenda672/
Tindir672/
Tindez671/
Tindee671/
Tendio671/
Tuendi671/
Teendi671/
Temdea671/
Tendoa671/
Tendoj671/
Tionde671/
Tiendé671/
Timnde671/
Tuendy671/
Timder671/
Taendy671/

Tender Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tender in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻨﺪﺭtndr-
Tender in the Tibetan language
བསྟོན་དར།töndar33.33
བསྟན་འདྲར་tendrar33.33
བསྟན་དར།tendar33.33
Tender in the Russian language
Тендерtender-
Tender in the Arabic language
طرياtrya-

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