Tenant Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Tenant Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tenant family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 17
Labourer 4
Cotton Weaver 4
Clerk 3
Gentlewoman 3
Domestic Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Dress Maker 2
Laundress 2
Stone Miner 2
Iron Home 1
Innmanager Assistant 1
Landscape Painter 1
Boarding Niasler 1
Thatcher 1
Agricultural Labourer Shepherd 1
Waterman 1
Captain 1
Ag Labourer 1
Coal Miner 1
Quarryman 1
Quarrymans Wife Laundress 1
Bullet Mould Maker 1
Farmer 1
House Keeper 1

Tenant Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tennant 86% 13,020
2 Tennent 71% 1,857
3 Tenant 100% 1,043
4 Tennet 67% 524
5 Tanant 83% 262
6 Tenent 83% 205

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The surname Tenant is the 3rd most popular variant of Tennant.

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