The Tenorio surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,629 people carried this name — #4,111 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,100 people counted. That is up 37% from 6,301 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,516 people named Tenorio 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 481
Chubut 241
City of Buenos Aires 227
Santa Cruz 200
Santa Fe 114
Salta 45
Neuquén 38
Entre Ríos 35

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

60 people named Tenorio live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 13
Geneva 12
Vaud 12
Aargau 9
Basel-Landschaft 5
Fribourg 3
Neuchâtel 3
Valais 3

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

Tenorio in American newspapers,
1898–1928.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Tenorio
El Tucsonense 1928-06-21
Newspaper page from The Morning News carrying the name Tenorio
The Morning News 1898-11-19
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Tenorio
Daily Kennebec Journal 1926-08-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,760 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Tenorio,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pedro Tenorio
    Pedro Tenorio 1328–1399 · Catholic priest
  • Pedro Tenorio
    Pedro Tenorio 1934–2018 · politician
  • Juan de Tenorio 1350–1370
  • Gertrudis Tenorio Zavala 1883–1928 · poet
  • Manuel Tenorio 1901– · association football player
  • Ana María Tenorio 1901– · athlete

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tenorio,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States167 records

167 records of the Tenorio name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 63
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 49
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 48
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Pedro Tenorio

    Born 1906 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1941 at Santa Fe; farm hand from Santa Fe County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1972, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jimmy Joe Tenorio

    Born 1949; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; died of wounds 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Carlos M. Tenorio

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1972; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 167 records for Tenorio in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Tenorio name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maria Tenorio

    Born 1917 in Portugal; died 1998 in Saint-Maurice (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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Surnames next to Tenorio.

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