Tenor Surname
Approximately 1,496 people bear this surname
Tenor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 344 | 1:135,907 | 10,250 |
| United States | 261 | 1:1,388,732 | 96,054 |
| Iran | 138 | 1:556,395 | 31,798 |
| Haiti | 116 | 1:92,103 | 4,561 |
| Philippines | 110 | 1:920,347 | 82,471 |
| Argentina | 104 | 1:410,994 | 31,358 |
| Brazil | 79 | 1:2,709,802 | 80,941 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| Austria | 33 | 1:258,043 | 30,255 |
| Turkey | 30 | 1:2,594,047 | 79,854 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Peru | 24 | 1:1,324,338 | 21,383 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Ténor (2) & Tenór (1) are calculated separately.
Tenor (171) may also be a first name.
Tenor Demographics
Average Tenor Salary in
United States
$34,911 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tenor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tenor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tenor occurs more in Spain more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Ténor or Tenór. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tenor? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tenor is the 262,152nd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,871,354 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Tenor reside; 23 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 23 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Tenor is also the 698,971st most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 171 people.
The surname Tenor is most frequently used in Spain, where it is held by 344 people, or 1 in 135,907. In Spain it is most numerous in: Andalusia, where 61 percent reside, Catalonia, where 32 percent reside and Madrid, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Spain this last name exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Iran, where 9 percent reside.
Tenor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tenor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tenor last name expanded 637 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tenor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tenor surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.
The amount Tenor earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 6.41% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,628 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.11% less than the national average, earning R 120,924 per year; in United States they earn 19.09% less than the national average, earning $34,911 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.62% less than the national average, earning $40,927 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
- 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 Tenor
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