Tena

Name: Tena: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

surname · Spanish · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Tena is a surname, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Denmark it is the 50th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Spanish and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a type of pepper.

rarermore common

DKDenmark1 in 257◐
SISlovenia1 in 268
GEGeorgia1 in 445

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈317K ●
: #602 ●
: 8 ●
Sources: 543 ●
: 1 in 257 ◐

Spellings & scripts●

TinaLatin · English●3.7M records

ᲗინაGeorgian · Georgian●23K records

ТинаCyrillic · Russian●16K records

טינהHebrew · Hebrew●6K records

ฐณาThai · Thai●1.3K records

ቲናEthiopic · Amharic●33 records

티나Hangul · Korean●32 records

ԹինաArmenian · Armenian●2 records

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Tina in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 20 more, Тина in RU Russia, Тіна in UA Ukraine and טינה in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

a type of pepper.

Sources 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Tena is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
US United States	#148	253,101	2.9M rec.	1 in 1.3K	253K	Tina	543
GB United Kingdom	#152	232,218	201K rec.	—	listed	Tina	230
DE Germany	#224	109,619	103K rec.	—	1	Tina	238
AU Australia	#230	97,937	80K rec.	—	80	Tina	251
CA Canada	#160	83,892	79K rec.	—	3	Tina	212
IT Italy	#253	34,790	34K rec.	—	listed	Tina	117
MX Mexico	—	27,075	23K rec.	—	87	Tena	127
DK Denmark	#50	22,855△	8.8K rec.	1 in 257	23K	Tina	160
NG Nigeria	#410	18,168	22K rec.	—	listed	Tina	90
IN India	—	17,783	16K rec.	—	1.9K	Tina	151
PH Philippines	—	17,636	16K rec.	—	—	Tina	94
RU Russia	—	16,003	17K rec.	—	#729	Тина	111
AT Austria	#183	15,800	5.1K rec.	—	2.9K	Tina	111
UA Ukraine	#349	14,211	17K rec.	—	listed	Тіна	46
TW Taiwan	—	9,775	948 rec.	—	—	Tina	102
SG Singapore	#57	9,444	9.8K rec.	—	—	Tina	88
SE Sweden	#183	9,178	9.2K rec.	1 in 1.1K	9.2K	Tina	102
GE Georgia	#77	8,986	18K rec.	1 in 445	9K	Tina	53
PE Peru	—	8,220	11K rec.	—	—	Tena	42
SI Slovenia	#512	7,838△	983 rec.	1 in 268	7.8K	Tina	77
EG Egypt	#673	6,759	5.5K rec.	—	—	Tina	35
NO Norway	#238	5,289	3.4K rec.	1 in 1K	17K	Tina	85
IL Israel	—	4,926	12K rec.	—	417	טינה	38
FR France	—	4,465△	26 rec.	1 in 15K	4.5K	—	9
CN China	—	4,443	9K rec.	—	—	Tina	86
TH Thailand	—	4,147	2.9K rec.	—	#217,035	Tina	99
HR Croatia	#222	4,064	7.8K rec.	1 in 1K	4.4K	Tina	83
JP Japan	—	2,176	2K rec.	—	—	Tina	55
ES Spain	—	731	27K rec.	1 in 68K	11K	Tena	147
NL Netherlands	—	98	5.9K rec.	1 in 176K	643	Tina	89
AR Argentina	—	—	—	—	264	—	—
CH Switzerland	—	—	—	—	101	—	—
CZ Czechia	—	—	—	—	10	—	—
PL Poland	—	—	—	—	7	—	—
EE Estonia	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—
BR Brazil	—	—	—	—	256	—	—
FI Finland	—	—	—	—	36	—	—
GY Guyana	—	—	—	—	14	—	—
CR Costa Rica	—	—	—	—	4	—	—
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
EC Ecuador	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
CL Chile	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
CO Colombia	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
PG Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
SL Sierra Leone	—	—	—	—	1	—	—

Roughly 253K people in United States bear this name (about 1 in 1.3K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Spanish106K72%
English15K10%
Catalan11K7%
French3.5K2%
1.9K1%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Spanish	105,537	72%
English	14,793	10%
Catalan	10,803	7%
French	3,535	2%
	1,925	1%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Tena is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

English surname88K records spelled Tena16 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Spain, Peru
Languages: English, German, Dutch
Also written Teña, Te'Na, Tená, Tëñá, Téñã
Croatian given name21K records spelled Tena16 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Spain, North Macedonia, Bulgaria
Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Also written Тена, Teena, Téna
Catalan surname15K records spelled Tena7 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Spain, France, Philippines, United States
Languages: Catalan, French
Also written Téna, Tèna, Ténà, Teña
a separate surname6.2K records spelled Tena3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Ethiopia, Spain, India
Also written Teña, Ṭenā

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Tena is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In bpz, sink, set (of the sun)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mak, not (clause negator)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In duo, any flying insect
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ilu, half; middle
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Norwegian Nynorsk, to earn
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

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Tena in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Year	records
1880	19
1881	19
1882	25
1883	32
1884	34
1885	26
1886	29
1887	37
1888	39
1889	36
1890	37
1891	33
1892	49
1893	39
1894	38
1895	45
1896	38
1897	30
1898	46
1899	36
1900	49
1901	32
1902	26
1903	27
1904	34
1905	31
1906	38
1907	20
1908	33
1909	30
1910	23
1911	29
1912	42
1913	54
1914	44
1915	60
1916	49
1917	65
1918	53
1919	45
1920	49
1921	36
1922	45
1923	40
1924	48
1925	24
1926	43
1927	22
1928	27
1929	29
1930	29
1931	31
1932	22
1933	17
1934	18
1935	20
1936	14
1937	14
1938	24
1939	23
1940	28
1941	21
1942	27
1943	63
1944	58
1945	41
1946	54
1947	49
1948	54
1949	63
1950	65
1951	56
1952	82
1953	92
1954	92
1955	194
1956	267
1957	262
1958	257
1959	289
1960	318
1961	319
1962	345
1963	270
1964	232
1965	232
1966	202
1967	205
1968	197
1969	162
1970	146
1971	156
1972	121
1973	99
1974	100
1975	79
1976	71
1977	53
1978	46
1979	71
1980	40
1981	53
1982	35
1983	27
1984	27
1985	28
1986	30
1987	20
1988	17
1989	22
1990	15
1991	15
1992	13
1993	10
1994	10
1995	15
1996	16
1997	12
1998	10
1999	14
2000	9
2001	13
2002	5
2004	5
2005	8
2006	6
2007	8
2008	8
2009	6
2010	9
2011	5
2012	12
2016	6
2017	7
2018	12
2019	9
2020	9
2021	11
2022	10
2023	10
2025	5

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 141 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Alfredo Tenab. 1956MXMexican footballer
Engracia Hidalgob. 1957ESnot in their usual nameSpanish politician
Luis Fernando Tenab. 1958MXMexican association football player and manager
Joona Tenab. 1965FIFinnish film director
Manuel Tenab. 1978ESSpanish footballer
Juan Uribeb. 1979DOnot in their usual nameDominican baseball player
Mariona Tenab. 1982ESSpanish actress and model
Natalia Tenab. 1984GBBritish-Spanish actress
Pol Garcíab. 1995ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer
Pedro TenaESSpanish voice actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 50 sources across 31 countries.

Official registers attesting Tena
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
ES Spain	INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	11K	#513
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	11K	#512
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	5.3K	#3,746
HR Croatia	DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)	2021	4.4K	—
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	3.4K	#9,258
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	3.3K	#9,865
HR Croatia	DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)	2021	2.5K	#327
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	2.4K	#12,009
AR Argentina	RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)	—	264	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	256	#30,058
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	101	#10,978
MX Mexico	RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset)	—	87	#1,953
FR France	INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)	1991	66	—
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	51	#3,746
IN India	Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls	—	44	#48,234
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	36	#35,392
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2023	35	#1,300
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	34	#1,357
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	33	#2,781
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2024	31	#1,419
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2022	31	#1,360
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2021	31	#1,346
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	30	#17,911
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	30	#16,695
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	28	#16,585
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2019	28	#1,370
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2018	28	#1,350
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	20	#63,156
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	17	#27,381
GY Guyana	Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025	2025	14	#580
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	13	—
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	10	#5,401
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2024	9	#1,868
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	8	#9,392
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	7	#9,392
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	7	#9,393
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	5	—
CZ Czechia	KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)	—	5	#3,301
CR Costa Rica	TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names	—	4	#9,006
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	2	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	2	#394,547
IN India	naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)	2014	2	—
PG Papua New Guinea	PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022)	—	2	#34
CA Canada	Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender	2022	1	#2,258
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025)	2025	1	#114
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2024	1	#3,597
EC Ecuador	INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)	2023	1	—
IN India	naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)	2010	1	—
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	1965	1	—
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	1960	1	—
CO Colombia	Colombia — Official candidate/public-employee name corpus (datos.gov.co)	—	1	#115
SL Sierra Leone	NEC/ECSL — 2018 Local Council, Chairperson and Mayor nominated candidates	2018	1	#45
DE Germany	Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene	2014	1	—
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2016	—	—
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2025	—	—
NL Netherlands	Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020)	—	—	—
IT Italy	Il Grande Libro dei Nomi per Bebè (2020)	—	—	—
IN India	Indian names with gender (Kaggle)	—	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—

Reference works 2

Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tena?: We estimate roughly 317 thousand people bear Tena (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Tena have the most bearers?: We estimate about 253 thousand people bear Tena in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled tina.
Where is Tena most common?: Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tena is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 257 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is Tena compared with other names?: In the United States, Tena is the 148th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.
What does the name Tena mean?: Recorded meaning: a type of pepper.

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tena” — the 148th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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