The Tena surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,279 people carried this name — #9,865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,100 people counted. That is up 37% from 2,387 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 264 people named Tena 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 202 people named Tena.
65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
99 people named Tena live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Tena in American newspapers,
1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 101,981 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tena,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joan Tena i Guimerà 1900–1995 · association football player -
Francesc Tena i Guimerà 1901–1954 · association football player -
Luis Tena 1556–1622 · Catholic priest
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Francisco Tena Guimerà 1901–1954 · association football player
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Juan Ignacio Tena Ybarra 1924–1995 · diplomat
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Pere Tena Garriga 1928–2014 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tena.
- 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
- Ten 452 · 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
- Terra 1,124 · U.S. census
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