Tennessy Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Tennessy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tennessy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
England51:11,143,612252,590
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Tennessy Last Name Facts

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

Tennessy is borne by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tennessy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tennessy is the 3,602,217th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Tennessy are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Tennessy is most commonly held in Canada, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 1,754,552. In Canada Tennessy is most common in: British Columbia, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Canada this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent are found and Moldova, where 7 percent are found.

Tennessy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Tennessy earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 5.65% less than the national average, earning $46,876 CAD 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 Tennessy
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