Tenzy Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Tenzy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tenzy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tenzy (26) may also be a first name.

Tenzy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tenzy (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན།) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tenzy? popularity and diffusion

Tenzy is the 4,772,636th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Tenzy are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 26 people.

Tenzy is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States it is mostly found in: Michigan, where 38 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 38 percent reside and Virginia, where 25 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent reside and Bhutan, where 6 percent reside.

Tenzy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tenzy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tenzy last name increased 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tenzy Last Name Statistics demography

Tenzy earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 75.57% less than the national average, earning $10,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenzey910/
Tenza805,500/
Tenzi80322/
Tenze80234/
Tency80150/
Tensy8042/
Tinzy8016/
Tnzay801/
Tengey736,141/
Tensay734,700/
Tenzer731,405/
Tencza73910/
Tengiz73801/
Tienza73352/
Tenjay7357/
Thensy7342/
Tuenze7335/
Tenzie7334/
Tienzi7315/
Tendza734/
Thenzi733/
Tenzis733/
Tenchy733/
Tenzoa733/
Tencze733/
Tenzza733/
Tensey732/
Tentza731/
Teensy731/
Tencay731/
Teunze731/
Tinzey730/
Tenncy730/
Tinzay730/
Teency730/
Tenjhay67298/
Tenczer67140/
Tienzai6715/
Tentzer6711/
Thienza672/
Tenjahy671/
Toenzie671/
Tiendze671/
Tehenze671/
Tiensay671/
Teenzee671/
Tennsey671/
Tenshey670/
Tiensey670/

Tenzy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenzy in the Tibetan language
བསྟན་འཛིན།tendzin-

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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
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  • 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 Tenzy
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