How common is the surname Tena?

3,279 people in the United States had the surname Tena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,158 Americans. It ranked 9,865th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tena getting more or less common?

More common. 2,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,279 in 2010, up 37%.

The surname Tena

A surname, carried by 3,279 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tena is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,279 people named Tena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,158 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,387.

#9,865

rank among US surnames

3,279

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+37.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,009)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,859	O'Boyle	3,281	94,101
#9,861	Decosta	3,280	94,130
#9,865	Reneau	3,279	94,158
#9,870	Biles	3,278	94,187
#9,872	Dake	3,277	94,216
#9,873	Bingaman	3,276	94,245

Who is named Tena

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Tena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Two or more races 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tena

Tena has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

Questions

How common is the surname Tena?: 3,279 people in the United States had the surname Tena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,158 Americans. It ranked 9,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tena?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Tena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tena getting more or less common?: More common. 2,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,279 in 2010, up 37%.