Tennent Surname

162,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,672 people bear this surname

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

Tennent Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tenant,' one who holds land under another.

Willelmus Tenaunt, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Tenant, 1379: ibid.

Ricardus Tenaunt, 1379: ibid.

1563-4.

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Tennent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7301:496,51941,799
Australia4861:55,5476,802
England4431:125,77412,588
Scotland3121:17,1602,086
New Zealand2801:16,1732,819
Canada1381:266,99725,150
Jamaica1221:23,5241,938
South Africa861:629,97347,084
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
India51:153,413,076951,030
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Wales41:773,63329,106
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
China21:683,660,78330,601
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3201:11,6981,428
England1711:142,54612,796
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2551:196,93617,192

Tennent (21) may also be a first name.

Tennent Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tenant,' one who holds land under another.

Willelmus Tenaunt, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Tenant, 1379: ibid.

Ricardus Tenaunt, 1379: ibid.

1563-4. Married — Philip Swalowe and Elizabeth Tennante: St Dionis Backchurch.

1564- 5. Silvester Tenante, Christ Church: Register of the University of Oxford.

1748. Baptised — Ann, d. William Tenant: St. Michael, Cornhill.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) Tenant, Farmer [from French tenant, holding, pres.

part. of tenir, Latin tenere, to hold]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A tenant one who holds lauds under another.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Tenant, a person holding lands under another, from Teneo, Latin, to hold. Local, Tyn, Welsh, a stretch, and nant, a ravine.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

From the German, Thenen; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tennent Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tennent (Russian: Теннент) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tennent.

How Common Is The Last Name Tennent? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tennent is the 162,721st most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,727,375 people. The surname Tennent occurs mostly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Tennent are found; 32 percent are found in North America and 32 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Tennent is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 21 people.

The surname Tennent is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 730 people, or 1 in 496,519. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 10 percent reside, Oregon, where 8 percent reside and North Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States Tennent is found in 33 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent reside and England, where 17 percent reside.

Tennent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tennent has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tennent last name grew 286 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 259 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 2 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tennent Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Presbyterian (38%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tennent surname are 9.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.47% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tennent earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 21.25% more than the national average, earning R 288,132 per year; in United States they earn 12.06% more than the national average, earning $48,354 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.27% more than the national average, earning $52,798 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tennents930/
Tennen92321/
Tennien8645/
Tenneng864/
Thennen862/
Tennemt861/
Tennint860/
Tnnen831/
Thenneng801/
Thennaen801/
Tinnen77174/
Tennin77113/
Temnen771/
Tennina71195/
Tenning7177/
Taennin714/
Tennion712/
Tiennin711/
Tønnesn711/
Thinnen711/
Themnen711/
Thaennin67363/
Thenning6717/
Tengning673/

Tennent Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tennent in the Russian language
Теннентtennent-

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