Tensley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cheshire 1
Hampshire 10
Hertfordshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 5
Nottinghamshire 3
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Tensley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tensley family

Profession Census Frequency
Weaver 2
Railway Gurad 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Nurse 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tensley

Name Census Frequency
James Tensley 13
John Tensley 13
William Tensley 13
Mary Tensley 9
Ann Tensley 6
Charles Tensley 6
Elizabeth Tensley 6
Sarah Tensley 6
George Tensley 4
Joseph Tensley 4
Annie Tensley 3
Arthur Tensley 3
Edward Tensley 3
Hannah Tensley 3
Jane Tensley 3
Maria Tensley 3
Martha Tensley 3
Thomas Tensley 3
Alfred Tensley 2
Charlotte Tensley 2
Ellen Tensley 2
Emma Tensley 2
Esther Tensley 2
Henry Tensley 2
Herbert Tensley 2

Tensley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tinsley 86% 11,823
2 Tansley 86% 7,835
3 Tunsley 86% 243
4 Tonsley 86% 209
5 Tensley 100% 160

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The surname Tensley is the 5th most popular variant of Tinsley.

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