Tennent Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Tennent Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tennent family

Profession Census Frequency
School 21
Private Means 16
None 4
Dressmaker 3
General Labourer 3
Servant 3
Student Law 2
Traveller 2
General Servant (domestic) 2
Brick Layers Labourer 2
Char Woman 2
Insurance At & Sop 1
Milliner Shop Assistant 1
Night Watchman Roadkepairs 1
Painter House 1
Foreman Turrier 1
Office Cleaner 1
Plain Needle Work 1
Roadman 1
At School 1
Miner Hewer 1
Coal Merchant 1
Governess (domestic) 1
Ironer At Laundry 1
Laundress (ironer) 1

Tennent Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tennant 86% 13,020
2 Tennent 100% 1,857
3 Tenant 71% 1,043
4 Tannant 71% 230
5 Tenent 86% 205

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The surname Tennent is the 2nd most popular variant of Tennant.

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