Tennants Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Tennants Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tennants Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Tennants Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tennants is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tennants? popularity and diffusion

Tennants is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Tennants is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Tennants are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Tennants is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Tennants is most numerous in: North Yorkshire, where 50 percent are found and West Midlands, where 50 percent are found. Aside from England this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 17 percent are found.

Tennants Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tennants has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Tennants surname decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tennant9324,238/
Teennant881/
Tennaant881/
Tennante881/
Tennnant881/
Tiennant881/
Temnant802/
Tinnant801/
Tennanc801/
Tennand801/
Tennont800/
Tnandt710/
Tennond670/
Tinnond530/

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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 Tennants
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