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    The surname Tennison

    A surname, carried by 3,169 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈtɛnɪsən/ 3 syllables Soundex T525

    Tennison: #10,179 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tennison #10,179, 3,169 people Tennison: #10,179 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tennison #10,179, 3,169 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tennison is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,169 people named Tennison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,427 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,028.

    #10,179
    rank among US surnames
    3,169
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #9,845)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,172Hott3,17297,335
    #10,174Labrie3,17197,365
    #10,176Swinford3,17097,396
    #10,179Tennison3,16997,427
    #10,180Cryer3,16897,458
    #10,184Crumpler3,16697,519
    #10,185Hakim3,16597,550

    Who is named Tennison

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

    78% of people named Tennison identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tennison

    Tennison has the Soundex code T525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T525.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tennison?
    3,169 people in the United States had the surname Tennison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,427 Americans. It ranked 10,179th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tennison?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Tennison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Tennison?
    Tennison is /ˈtɛnɪsən/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Tennison getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,169 in 2010, up 4.7%.