Tennell Surname

531,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 608 people bear this surname

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

Tennell Surname Definition:

An O. Germ, personal name, Tenil. Ferguson.

Tennell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5981:606,11949,257
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland171:260,58011,064
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States891:564,25538,527

Tennell (56) may also be a first name.

Tennell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

An O. Germ, personal name, Tenil. Ferguson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Tennell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tennell occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tennell click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tennell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 531,574th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 11,986,095 people. The last name Tennell is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Tennell are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Tennell is also the 1,321,957th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 56 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 598 people, or 1 in 606,119. In The United States Tennell is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 28 percent are found, California, where 15 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Tennell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tennell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tennell last name expanded 672 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tennell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tennell last name is primarily Catholic (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tennell surname are 15.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.14% registered with the political party.

Tennell earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.4% more than the national average, earning $43,751 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thennell933/
Tennel9223/
Tinnell861,161/
Tennill86347/
Temnell8617/
Tenniel8617/
Tennuel860/
Tynnell860/
Tennl831/
Tnell830/
Tingnell807/
Tynnehll801/
Tinnel77560/
Tennil776/
Temnel771/
Tenl732/
Tnel731/
Thånell716/
Taennil713/
Tennilæ713/
Tinnill711/
Tinniel710/
Thaennil676/
Tneel671/
Tniel671/
Temll671/
Tenld671/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tennell
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