Tenure Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Tenure Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenure Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Tenure (20) may also be a first name.

Tenure Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tenure has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenure? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Tenure occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Tenure are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Tenure is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.

The last name Tenure is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 64 percent live, Colorado, where 14 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 5 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Tenure Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tenure has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tengure9226/
Tenoure921/
Tenur9172/
Tenore831,981/
Tanure83711/
Teneur83391/
Tengur83189/
Tenaur838/
Tejnur833/
Tenura832/
Tenire832/
Tonure832/
Tinure831/
Tegnur831/
Tenouri77608/
Tannure77367/
Tenguri77357/
Tinaure77278/
Teniere77166/
Tienore7769/
Tenoury7734/
Tengour7713/
Tanurei778/
Tenurio777/
Tenorie773/
Thanure772/
Tenoura772/
Tanurre771/
Tingure771/
Thenore771/
Tanurie771/
Tenorea771/
Tenoere771/
Thenuri771/
Tanhure771/
Tanoure771/
Tenor731,496/
Tinur73272/
Tenór731/
Teinauri71361/
Theniere7154/
Tenurist718/
Teigneur711/
Teynouri711/
Tingurei711/
Teinouri711/
Teinor67931/
Tanuri67658/
Teynor67264/
Tenora67232/
Tenori67101/
Tienor6793/
Tanury6773/
Tejnor6773/
Tonuri6751/
Teenor6747/
Tõnuri6746/
Tajnur6741/
Tanire6714/
Tonire678/
Tenory673/
Tainur672/
Tienhaura671/
Tinore671/
Tanüre671/
Tönuri671/
Thenór671/
Tinire671/
Tenoor671/
Teanor670/
Tenoer670/
Tenorr670/

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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 Tenure
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