Tennant Family History
Tennant Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Tennant Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Tennant families
 89 - 175  30 - 88 |
 1 - 29  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Tennant families
|
233 - 463 78 - 232 |
1 - 77 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Tennant families
|
324 - 645 109 - 323 |
1 - 108 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Tennant Family Origin
Tennant Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Tennant
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Tennant Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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