Family name Tenison (Tenison 
, Тенисон 
) , around the world, is a rare cognomen. The last name Tenison is characteristic of Estonia, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, where it is a rare surname, and Australia. In absolute terms, it is commonest in the United States, Russia, and Nigeria. Also, Tenison is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Tenison | India, Tanzania, United States, Nigeria, Brazil |
| Тенисон | Russia, Kazakhstan |
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thomas tenison Archbishop of Canterbury, GB (b. 1636) |
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edward tenison Irish bishop; (1673-1735) (b. 1673) |
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| edward king-tenison politician, died 1878, IE (b. 1805) |
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| louisa tenison British traveller (b. 1819) |
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| tenison francis levinge (1848-1920) (b. 1848) |
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| william tenison Anglo-Irish army officer (b. 1857) |
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| nellie tenison cuneo British artist, 1867-1953, GB (b. 1867) |
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| eva tenison Tenison, Eva Mabel [pseuds. Michael Barrington, Nauticus, Historicus] (1880–1961), historian and novelist (b. 1880) |
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| william percival cosnahan tenison British soldier and scientific illustrator, GB (b. 1884) |
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| marguerite anne tenison (born 1925) (b. 1925) |
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| patrick john tenison (1928-1989) (b. 1928) |
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| ruth hilaria tenison Peerage person ID=588269 (b. 1932) |
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| geraldine e. tenison (b. 1924) |
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| john alan tenison (born 1950) (b. 1950) |
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| richard leigh tenison (1953-1975) (b. 1953) |
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