Tenter Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Estonia

Tenter Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tenterer' or tenter, one who looked after the tenter-hooks and the cloth he stretched on the frame thereby. The tenter was the frame. 'Tenture, tentowre, for cloth; extensorium': Promptorium Parvulorum By Statute 1 Richard III, c.

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Tenter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3561:226,13925,268
United States571:6,358,929302,882
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Tenter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tenterer' or tenter, one who looked after the tenter-hooks and the cloth he stretched on the frame thereby. The tenter was the frame. 'Tenture, tentowre, for cloth; extensorium': Promptorium Parvulorum By Statute 1 Richard III, c. 8, tentors must be set in open places, not in houses.

'Item, tenture posts and woodde, 6d. 2 tentures, 20s.,' 1562, Kendal: Richmondshire Wills.

(2) Occup. 'the teinturer,' i.e. dyer. 'Lystare, or lytaster, of cloth dyynge; tinctor': Promptorium Parvulorum.

Warm le Teyntour. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.

John le Teynter. Rolls of Parliament.

William le Teinturer. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.

Richard le Tenter. Rolls of Parliament.

Philip le Tentier. Rolls of Parliament.

Thomas le Teynturer, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Sarra le Teynturere, Oxfordshire, ibid.

William le Teynturer, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Berenger Tinctor, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Sarle Tinctor, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) 1 Minder, Watchman, Herdsman [an aphæresized form of ‘attender’; from French attendre, to wait—Latin attendere, to stretch to] Tenters: watchers of cattle or sheep on the moors.—Lonsdale Gloss., p. 85.

2 Dyer [for Middle English teynturer, etc., French teinturier, from Latin tinctura, a dyeing] Both Teynturer and the Latin Tinctor occur as trade-names in the Hundred- Rolls.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Tenter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tenter (Russian: Тентер) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenter? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 649,026th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Tenter reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Tenter is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 226,139. In Germany Tenter is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 86 percent are found, Hamburg, where 4 percent are found and Bremen, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany Tenter exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Estonia, where 4 percent are found.

Tenter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tenter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tenter surname expanded 518 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tenter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tenter last name are 7.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.

Tenter earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning $46,338 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuenter92427/
Tienter92196/
Tentere92127/
Teunter9213/
Taenter921/
Tennter921/
Tehnter920/
Tente912,402/
Tentea83579/
Tinter83419/
Tentes83243/
Tuente83128/
Tentie83115/
Tenteh8384/
Thente8356/
Tentir8320/
Tentee8317/
Ten'te8317/
Tiente8316/
Tenteu8311/
Tentei835/
Tynter835/
Tentey832/
Tennte832/
Tünter831/
Teunte831/
Tentet831/
Toente831/
Tented831/
Tentets77366/
Thuente77196/
Thaente7791/
Tuunter7773/
Thentie7750/
Tientie7722/
Tentije7715/
Tintier7711/
Tintere776/
Tenteis776/
Thinter774/
Tentest772/
Thenthe772/
Tienteu772/
Tentieh772/
Tinther771/
Toentie771/
Tenteuh771/
Tentiey771/
Tentyre771/
Thentge771/
Tinte732,930/
Tenti732,722/
Tenta732,179/
Tünte73443/
Temte73283/
Tenty73268/
Tynte730/
Tientheu7112/
Tentesch7112/
Tenteije712/
Thenthir711/
Tenthije711/
Tenttech711/
Thenthed711/
Tienta672,886/
Tintea67698/
Tentis67628/
Tienti67478/
Thinte67226/
Tuinte67218/
Tentoa67214/
Tintes67187/
Tintér67113/
Tentha6792/
Thünte6784/
Tentij6772/
Timter6752/
Tintje6739/
Tintet6737/
Tentay6726/
Tintie6722/
Thenti6716/
Tynterova6713/
Tinterova6713/
Tintez6713/
Tentiy6711/
Tentai678/
Tinted677/
Temted676/
Tennti675/
Tenthy674/
Tentii673/
Tentti672/
Tinterová672/
Tentio672/
Tinteu672/
Teenta671/
Teenti671/
Tinthe671/
Tintre671/
Tienty671/
Temtey671/
Temteh671/
Tentih671/
Tintep671/
Tintey671/
Tuenti671/
Thuenthee671/
Tennta671/
Tendtj671/

Tenter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenter in the Russian language
Тентерtenter-

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