Tensin Surname

532,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Tensin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tensin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia5711:252,40526,696
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Tensin (53) may also be a first name.

Tensin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tensin (Russian: Тенсин, Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན།) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tensin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 532,232nd most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 12,005,842 people. The last name Tensin is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Tensin are found; 67 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 67 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 53 people.

Tensin is most common in Russia, where it is held by 571 people, or 1 in 252,405. In Russia it is most common in: Udmurt Republic, where 52 percent live, Altai Krai, where 16 percent live and Perm Krai, where 9 percent live. Aside from Russia this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live.

Tensin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tensin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tensin last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tensin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Tensin last name is principally Orthodox (82%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Tensin surname are 20.58% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 67.35% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenshin922,072/
Tensing92404/
Tiensin925/
Thensin924/
Taensin921/
Tensingh8655/
Tenshina8610/
Thiensin864/
Thaensin862/
Tenzin839,794/
Tenjin831,215/
Tensen83973/
Tinsin83191/
Tengin8366/
Tensén8313/
Tensyn8311/
Temsin839/
Tencin831/
Tenxin831/
Tenzing77467/
Tönsing77309/
Thinsin77178/
Tenszen7738/
Tenjing7731/
Tinshin779/
Tensyna778/
Tiensen777/
Tenåsen777/
Tinsing775/
Tenging775/
Tenchin774/
Thengin773/
Tünshin771/
Temsing771/
Tenseen771/
Tensgen771/
Temsgin771/
Tenseng771/
Teensen771/
Tenshen771/
Tennsen770/
Tinnsin770/
Thensen770/
Thoensen71173/
Tinshina7113/
Thönsing7112/
Tennsingque713/
Thenchin711/
Theensen711/
Thnsingh711/
Temssing711/
Tinnsien711/
Tiensuun711/
Tennsend710/
Timsin6716,046/
Tengen67945/
Tengim6784/
Tünjin6765/
Temgin6733/
Tenzen6730/
Tinsim675/
Tenjen674/
Temjin674/
Tensem672/
Tenjim671/
Thngin671/
Thienssen671/
Temzin671/
Tenzng671/
Tnzisn671/
Tenzyn671/
Thoenssen670/

Tensin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tensin in the Tibetan language
བསྟན་འཛིན།tendzin66.67
བསྟན་འཛིན་tendzin33.33
Tensin in the Russian language
Тенсинtensin-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tensin
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