Tenzing Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Tenzing Surname User-submission:

Tenzin or Tenzing is a Tibetan surname, which means 'holder of Buddha Dharma'.

Tenzing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2541:3,019,94290,331
Bhutan1121:5,500270
United States551:6,590,162310,708
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Nepal71:4,068,70811,207
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Tenzing (4,412) may also be a first name.

Tenzing Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Tenzin or Tenzing is a Tibetan surname, which means 'holder of Buddha Dharma'.

- playboicarti

Tenzing Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tenzing (Hindi: तेन्जिग, Marathi: तेनिंझग, Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན།) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenzing? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 648,005th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. The last name Tenzing occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Tenzing live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 55 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 103,782nd most widely held given name internationally, borne by 4,412 people.

This surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 254 people, or 1 in 3,019,942. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 40 percent are found, Sikkim, where 32 percent are found and Delhi, where 7 percent are found. Apart from India it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Bhutan, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Tenzing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tenzing surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Tenzing earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.54% more than the national average, earning $43,383 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenzin929,794/
Tenzng921/
Tensing86404/
Tenjing8631/
Tenging865/
Tenzeng861/
Toensing80332/
Tensingh8055/
Tuinzing8048/
Tentsing8012/
Thensing806/
Taensing802/
Tiensing802/
Thinzing800/
Tinnzing800/
Tenjin771,215/
Tensin77607/
Tengin7766/
Tenzen7730/
Tenzyn771/
Tenxin771/
Tnzisn771/
Temzin771/
Tencin771/
Thaensing751/
Tentching751/
Thoensing750/
Tenshin712,072/
Tönsing71309/
Tengeng7186/
Timzing7152/
Tõnsing7151/
Tenszen7138/
Tiensin715/
Tinsing715/
Tinzhin714/
Thensin714/
Tenchin714/
Tenzyna713/
Thengin713/
Tinjing713/
Tenzeen711/
Tenseng711/
Temsing711/
Tehnzen711/
Taensin711/
Temching6794/
Thönsing6712/
Tenshina6710/
Tnjng678/
Thiensin674/
Tinzhina674/
Tennsingque673/
Thaensin672/
Tienseng672/
Thinsing671/
Temssing671/
Thenjeng671/
Thnsingh671/
Thenchin671/
Tensoeng671/
Taenseng671/

Tenzing Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenzing in the Marathi language
तेनिंझगteninjhaga-
Tenzing in the Tibetan language
བསྟན་འཛིན།tendzin63.79
བསྟན་འཛིན་tendzin34.48
བསྟན་ten1.72
Tenzing in the Hindi language
तेन्जिगtenjiga50
तेन्जींगtenjinga16.67
तेनजीन्गtenajin'ga16.67
तेनजिंगtenajinga16.67

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