Tennyson Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 13

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Tennyson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tennyson family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Farm Servant 1
Grocer Warehouse 1
Groom Domestic Servant 1
House Maid 1
Mill Hand 1
Spinning Overlooker 1
Warehouse Boy 1
Worsted Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tennyson

Name Census Frequency
John Tennyson 20
Alfred Tennyson 19
Mary Tennyson 18
Elizabeth Tennyson 13
Emily Tennyson 12
Charles Tennyson 11
William Tennyson 11
James Tennyson 10
Emma Tennyson 9
Margaret Tennyson 8
Sarah Tennyson 8
Frederick Tennyson 7
George Tennyson 7
Richard Tennyson 7
Alice Tennyson 6
Annie Tennyson 6
Jane Tennyson 6
Thomas Tennyson 6
Arthur Tennyson 5
Joseph Tennyson 5
Patrick Tennyson 5
Ann Tennyson 4
Gertrude Tennyson 4
Hannah Tennyson 4
Sydney Tennyson 4

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