Tenon Surname
Approximately 1,173 people bear this surname
Tenon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Ivory Coast | 318 | 1:72,551 | 4,039 |
| France | 132 | 1:503,202 | 70,199 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Teñon (1) are calculated separately.
Tenon (2,706) may also be a first name.
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Tenon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tenon is found in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Teñon. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 318,950th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 6,212,742 people. The last name Tenon occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Tenon are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 140,755th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 2,706 people.
The surname Tenon is most commonly used in Togo, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Outside of Togo this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent live and France, where 11 percent live.
Tenon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tenon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tenon last name rose 364 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tenon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tenon last name are 23.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70% being registered to vote for the political party.
Tenon earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.57% less than the national average, earning $28,663 USD 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
- 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 Tenon
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