Tenny Surname
Approximately 1,413 people bear this surname
Tenny 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.
Tenny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,006 | 1:360,297 | 32,122 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| Indonesia | 64 | 1:2,066,394 | 128,621 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Mauritius | 41 | 1:31,547 | 6,386 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 651 | 1:77,141 | 8,199 |
Tenny (4,478) may also be a first name.
Tenny 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 Denny, q.v.
(English) Descendant of Tenney, a pet form of Dennis (belonging to Dionysius, Grecian god of wine).
Tenny Demographics
Tenny Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Tenny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tenny (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻰ, Marathi: तेनन्य) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenny? popularity and diffusion
Tenny is the 274,840th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,157,499 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Tenny are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 102,884th most numerous first name internationally, held by 4,478 people.
The surname Tenny is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,006 people, or 1 in 360,297. In The United States Tenny is most frequent in: New York, where 14 percent live, Missouri, where 8 percent live and California, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Tenny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tenny has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tenny surname expanded 155 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 204 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tenny Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Tenny last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Tenny last name are 18.21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.98% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tenny earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $41,936 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.93% more than the national average, earning $65,548 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tenny Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tenny in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻨﻰ | tny | 75 |
| ﺗﻨﻲ | tny | 25 |
| Tenny in the Marathi language | ||
| तेनन्य | tenan'ya | 50 |
| टेनी | teni | 50 |
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