Last Name TENNANT

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Meaning	The tenant, one who holds land under another. 'Tenant,' a person holding lands under another, from 'Teneo,' Latin, to hold. Local, 'Tyn,' Welsh, a stretch, and 'nant,' a ravine.

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland, Belgian

Rank	3,930 (2000 US census)	3,623 (1990 US census)

Count	8,304 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.51%, or 7516 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
6.38%, or 530 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 37 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.36%, or 30 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.16%, or 96 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.14%, or 95 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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