Tennesen Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Tennesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tennesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1711:2,119,643134,411
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Tennesen Last Name Facts

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

Tennesen is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tennesen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,300,225th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Tennesen reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 2,119,643. In The United States Tennesen is primarily found in: California, where 23 percent live, Missouri, where 20 percent live and New Jersey, where 13 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 1 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 1 percent live.

Tennesen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tennesen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tennesen surname rose 5,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tennesen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tennesen surname are 7.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.05% being registered with the political party.

Tennesen earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.41% more than the national average, earning $50,229 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Tennesen
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