The Ten surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 452 people carried this name — #47,006 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 15% from 392 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 223 people named Ten live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Salta.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Ten.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Somme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
30 people named Ten is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Ten,
with a public archive behind them.
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Borys Ten 1897–1983 · poet -
Borys Ten 1897–1983 · poet -
Ina Ten Eyck Firkins 1866–1937 · librarian
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Toni Ten Martínez 1960– · composer
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Xasqui Ten 1964– · composer
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Francesc Xavier Ten i Costa 1968– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ten.
- Tellez 22,494 · U.S. census
- Tellier 1,843 · U.S. census
- Tello 11,512 · U.S. census
- Tempesta 724 · U.S. census
- Temple 22,549 · U.S. census
- Templet 1,313 · U.S. census
- Tena 3,279 · U.S. census
- Tenant 218 · U.S. census
- Tenenbaum 1,212 · U.S. census
- Ternet 138 · U.S. census
- Ternus 320 · U.S. census
- Teron 173 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ten is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.
