How common is the surname Tennyson?

4,110 people in the United States had the surname Tennyson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,121 Americans. It ranked 8,060th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tennyson?

Matt Tennyson, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Tennyson most common?

Wikidata records people named Tennyson in the United States.

How do you pronounce Tennyson?

Tennyson is /ˈtɛnɪsn̩/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Tennyson getting more or less common?

More common. 4,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,110 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Tennyson

An English patronymic surname, carried by 4,110 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtɛnɪsn̩/ 3 syllables Soundex T525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tennyson is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a Middle English variant of Dennis + -son.

Tennyson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,110 people named Tennyson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,121 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,008.

#8,060

rank among US surnames

4,110

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,654)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,055	Fant	4,111	75,102
#8,060	Ginsberg	4,110	75,121
#8,065	Kindle	4,109	75,139
#8,067	Jessee	4,108	75,157

Who is named Tennyson

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

75% of people named Tennyson identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tennysons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matt Tennyson
American ice hockey player, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Tennyson

Tennison

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tennyson come from?: From a Middle English variant of Dennis + -son.
How common is the surname Tennyson?: 4,110 people in the United States had the surname Tennyson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,121 Americans. It ranked 8,060th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tennyson?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Tennyson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tennyson?: Matt Tennyson, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Tennyson most common?: Wikidata records people named Tennyson in the United States.
How do you pronounce Tennyson?: Tennyson is /ˈtɛnɪsn̩/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Tennyson?: Tennyson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Tennyson getting more or less common?: More common. 4,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,110 in 2010, up 2.5%.