Tenney Surname
Approximately 9,650 people bear this surname
Tenney Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dennis,' from the pet Denny sharpened into Tenny; v. Tennyson.
Tenney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,066 | 1:39,980 | 4,920 |
| Canada | 222 | 1:165,971 | 16,704 |
| Samoa | 162 | 1:1,196 | 373 |
| England | 74 | 1:752,947 | 41,527 |
| Australia | 63 | 1:428,503 | 33,982 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 14 | 1:316,419 | 12,423 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 78 | 1:312,505 | 20,777 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,896 | 1:26,487 | 3,263 |
Tenney (215) may also be a first name.
Tenney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dennis,' from the pet Denny sharpened into Tenny; v. Tennyson.
An unvoiced form of Denney, q.v.
(English) Descendant of Tenney, a pet form of Dennis (belonging to Dionysius, Grecian god of wine).
Tenney Demographics
Tenney Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Tenney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tenney (Tibetan: བསྟན་ནས།) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenney? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 52,998th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 755,186 people. The surname Tenney is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Tenney reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Tenney is also the 616,131st most prevalent forename world-wide. It is borne by 215 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 9,066 people, or 1 in 39,980. In The United States Tenney is mostly concentrated in: West Virginia, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Samoa, where 2 percent reside.
Tenney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tenney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tenney last name increased 478 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 5 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tenney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Tenney last name are 12.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.79% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tenney earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning $43,088 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.09% more than the national average, earning $55,688 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenney Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenney in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསྟན་ནས། | tenné | - |
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Footnotes
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