Tennessee Surname
Approximately 439 people bear this surname
Tennessee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 406 | 1:892,756 | 67,416 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51 | 1:984,680 | 58,342 |
Tennessee (512) may also be a first name.
Tennessee Demographics
Average Tennessee Salary in
United States
$35,936 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tennessee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tennessee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tennessee has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tennessee click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tennessee? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 678,631st most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,600,332 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Tennessee live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tennessee is also the 373,684th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 512 people.
The last name Tennessee is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 406 people, or 1 in 892,756. In The United States Tennessee is most frequent in: Texas, where 18 percent live, Virginia, where 18 percent live and Louisiana, where 15 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Tennessee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tennessee has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 796 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tennessee Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tennessee last name are 14.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.27% being registered to vote for the political party.
Tennessee earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.72% less than the national average, earning $35,936 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenneessee | 95 | 2 | / |
| Thennessee | 95 | 1 | / |
| Tennesse | 94 | 37 | / |
| Tennesee | 94 | 7 | / |
| Tennassee | 89 | 41 | / |
| Tennessey | 89 | 15 | / |
| Tenneesse | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tennessie | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tennesses | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tennesser | 89 | 0 | / |
| Tennese | 88 | 16 | / |
| Thinnessee | 84 | 2 | / |
| Tennessy | 82 | 30 | / |
| Tinnesse | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tenneses | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tennasee | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tennesey | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tennessa | 82 | 0 | / |
| Thennessy | 78 | 7 | / |
| Tennassie | 78 | 1 | / |
| Thinnesse | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tennesa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tennesy | 75 | 0 | / |
| Tnese | 71 | 27 | / |
| Tinnessy | 71 | 0 | / |
| Thennesy | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tinnissey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tennessee
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis