Tenys Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Tenys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania1571:19,3293,487
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tenys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tenys occurs most in Lithuania. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenys? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,328,442nd most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Tenys reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Lithuania, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 19,329. In Lithuania Tenys is most common in: Telšiai County, where 93 percent reside, Šiauliai County, where 5 percent reside and Klaipėda County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Lithuania it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Tenys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tenys has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tenys last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teneys912/
Tenis804,781/
Tenes80920/
Tynys80347/
Tenés8015/
Tenès801/
Teunis731,205/
Tenges73408/
Tienes73274/
Taynys73268/
Teneus73199/
Tengis73191/
Tynysh7336/
Thenes7324/
Tenese7315/
Teniss7312/
Tenise7312/
Tenish7311/
Tenest739/
Teness737/
Tynyts737/
Thenis736/
Teenes734/
Tienis734/
Teines734/
Teunes733/
Tenesh733/
Htenis733/
Teneyz732/
Tenist731/
Teanes731/
Teinis731/
Teynes731/
Tenais731/
Teneas731/
Tesnes731/
Tejnes731/
Tenois730/
Teneis730/
Theunis673,943/
Thienes67378/
Tenisch67218/
Theness67105/
Theneus6758/
Tehenes6757/
Teisnes6731/
Thenios6730/
Tenesch6727/
Tejnesh6716/
Teneese6715/
Tayneys6712/
Tenesse6712/
Theunes679/
Teunisz676/
Theines674/
Theanis674/
Tenaise674/
Thenise672/
Thenese672/
Tgennes671/
Teneych671/
Thenest671/
Thenish671/
Tegnesh671/
Thenesh671/
Tenisce671/
Tetnets671/
Teaness670/
Tenhise670/
Thenies670/

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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 Tenys
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