Tennent is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tennent
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tennent

How popular is Tennent?

Tennent is ranked 138350 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tennents plummeted by 1.631702 per cent to 422 since 2000 and slipped by 3045 spots and ranked at 49723. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.7 85.08
Black 9 9.56
Hispanic or Latino 4.03 1.4
Others 1.9 2.8
Tennent is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in New Zealand. Around 2791 people have been found who wears Tennent as their family name. Tennent is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
823,980 India6
3,340 Jamaica3
1,389 Barbados2
20,595 China2
12,161 Wales2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
7,292 Vietnam1
31,207 Ireland1
38,830 Morocco1
118,015 Netherlands1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
277,603 France1
165,773 Belarus1
16,640 Hong Kong1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with hundreds of Tennent:
41,626 United States664
11,178 England559
6,464 Australia447
15,361 South Africa402
2,902 New Zealand263
2,700 Scotland249
22,265 Canada158
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 28 years old advocate H.L. Tennent who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on September 11, 1846 by Tarolinta put out from Glasgow. 45 years old Adam Tennent, 45 years old Margaret Tennent, Jane Tennent, aged 16, 20 years old Margaret Tennent, are others that migrated to US.

Tennent Namesakes

  • Lindy Tennent-Brown, Musical Director
  • Shan Tennent, Judge
  • James Emerson Tennent, Politician
  • Madge Tennent, Artist
  • David Tennent, Actor
  • Shan Tennent, Judge
  • James Tennent, Cricket Player
  • Blair Tennent, Politician
  • Scott Tennent, Author
  • Peter Tennent, Actor

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