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Ten Family History

Ten Surname Meaning

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄧 see Deng. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 丁 see Ding. Chinese: possibly also from Taishanese form of the Chinese name 進 (meaning ‘progress’) a monosyllabic personal name or part of a disyllabic personal name of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.

Catalan: nickname from ten ‘faint; thin’. German: metonymic occupational name for a mintmaster from Middle Low German tēn(e) ‘blank’ (metal piece from which coins or nails were struck) for a nail smith or for a maker of arrow shafts.

This surname is rare in Germany. Compare Then. — Note: It is possible that in the population figure published by the US Census Bureau a variant of the Dutch and North German case-inflected definite article de ‘the’ which forms the first part of surnames such as Ten Hagen is in some instances counted as an independent surname.

Compare Den.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Ten families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ten family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Ten families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 16 Ten families living in Northamptonshire. This was about 46% of all the recorded Ten's in United Kingdom. Northamptonshire had the highest population of Ten families in 1891.
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What did your Ten ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Ten. 100% of Ten women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Passenger Lists

There are 8,000 immigration records available for the last name Ten. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 36,000 military records available for the last name Ten. For the veterans among your Ten ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Ten lifespan?

Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Ten life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2002, and highest in 1966. The average life expectancy for Ten in 1944 was 35, and 66 in 2004.

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