as a Last Name
- 9,091
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Tennant
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and English: status name for a farmer who held his land from an overlord by obligations of rent or service, from Old French, Middle English tenant (present participle of Old French tenir ‘to hold’, Latin tenere). This was the normal situation for landholders in the Middle Ages, since in the feudal system all land belonged ultimately to the king and use of it was granted in return for financial or military support.
| 3,949th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,091
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Tennant per capita
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