Tennessey Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Tennessey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Tennessey Demographics
Tennessey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Tennessey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tennessey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tennessey is found in Canada more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Tennessey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tennessey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Tennessey reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 2,631,828. In Canada Tennessey is primarily concentrated in: British Columbia, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Canada Tennessey occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 7 percent reside.
Tennessey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Tennessey surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennesse | 94 | 37 | / |
| Tennessy | 94 | 30 | / |
| Tennesey | 94 | 1 | / |
| Tennessee | 89 | 439 | / |
| Thennessy | 89 | 7 | / |
| Tenneesse | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tennessie | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tennesses | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tennesser | 89 | 0 | / |
| Tennese | 88 | 16 | / |
| Tennesy | 88 | 0 | / |
| Tenneessee | 84 | 2 | / |
| Thennessee | 84 | 1 | / |
| Tennesee | 82 | 7 | / |
| Tenneses | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tinnesse | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tinnessy | 82 | 0 | / |
| Thennesy | 82 | 0 | / |
| Tennessa | 82 | 0 | / |
| Tennassee | 78 | 41 | / |
| Tennassie | 78 | 1 | / |
| Thinnesse | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tinnissey | 78 | 0 | / |
| Tennesa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tnassey | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thinnessee | 74 | 2 | / |
| Tnese | 71 | 27 | / |
| Tennasee | 71 | 1 | / |
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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 Tennessey
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