Tenley Surname

635,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Tenley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4691:772,83460,026
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States651:772,59548,648

Tenley (802) may also be a first name.

Tenley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tenley is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 635,252nd most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,182,387 people. The last name Tenley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Tenley live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 288,921st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 802 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 469 people, or 1 in 772,834. In The United States it is most common in: Iowa, where 17 percent live, Illinois, where 16 percent live and Wisconsin, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States Tenley occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

Tenley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tenley has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 722 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tenley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tenley last name are 24.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.31% registered to vote for the party.

Tenley earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.65% less than the national average, earning $33,806 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thenley9222/
Tennley921/
Teenley921/
Tenly9155/
Tenle9118/
Tinley831,394/
Tenlep83261/
Tienle8319/
Tenloy8312/
Temley8311/
Tenlay839/
Tenlue835/
Tenlge832/
Tenlee831/
Tenlie831/
Tenleu831/
Tienly831/
Tnly801/
Tnle801/
Tennelley800/
Thinley774,623/
Tennler7769/
Teemley7748/
Thenlay775/
Thenlae774/
Tuenloy772/
Tienleu771/
Tnelley770/
Tenli73203/
Temle7374/
Tinly7345/
Tinle7312/
Tenla737/
Tnlie731/
Tnlae731/
Tennille71326/
Tennelle7120/
Tennelly714/
Thinlley713/
Tennylle711/
Timley67115/
Temler6793/
Tinloy6741/
Thinle6729/
Tienli6727/
Teunla6715/
Tenlis6714/
Tenlou6712/
Temles675/
Thinly675/
Tinlay673/
Temlet672/
Tinler672/
Tenlid672/
Tünler671/
Temlep671/
Tinlee671/
Tinlie671/
Tuenla671/
Tinnly670/
Tinlue670/

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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 Tenley
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