Ten
loc · Latin script
Meaning: The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ten is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States≈1 in 772K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 103K
- CLChile≈1 in 397K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 292 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 103K (inferred from the name graph)
≈430 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled T'En in AU Australia.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ten counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 772K | 961 | Ten | 292 |
| CH Switzerland | ≈81 est. | ≈1 in 103K | 6 | — | 14 |
| FR France | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 861K | 14 | — | 3 |
| BR Brazil | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 3M | 600 | — | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈53 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | 19 | Ten | 85 |
| CL Chile | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 397K | 1 | — | — |
| AU Australia | ≈41 est. | ≈1 in 621K | — | T'En | 98 |
| BE Belgium | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 414K | 19 | Ten | 37 |
| NL Netherlands | 6 | 1 in 2.9M | 6 | Ten | 151 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ten 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 Romanian, subst. p1. < teapa. 1. Tepu, Tepoaia ss. 2. T epus fam., act. ; Teplesti s. ; -escul, St. (Sd XV 313). 3. T epes Vlad II, Vvd. 4. T epelus (porecla lui Basarab Vvd eel TInar) ; fam. (Isp IV2). 5. Taposul, St. (17 B I 417) ; Teposu, I. ard. (Cat gr. I). Tepordei v. Tapu d r e 3. Teranu v. T a r a 2.
as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc
In English, adj., pu, plu. pia, puisia. The tenth, pugé, ipugé; koléngo pupu; and pugéle
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In Lao, % v. ward off, parry. 2 Madj. full, solid, not hollow; stopped-up: - nj n. stuffed-up nose. - 3 (Nn. site. C1 (French) n. metric ton. Mbor vine used medicinally for ae say *gas in children, Alsomitra $ sarcophylla Roem.” (Vidal): © =: QUEMAR
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
In Akan, V. [red.tenteii] 1. i. ani, to rest on the surface ofhny flnid, to float, swim, be buoyed up; wode dua to nsum' na enko ase a, wo- se ; eten ani. — J2. red. to sit in a kingly manner
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Akan, ten, a. crisp, short, not tough, not cohesive; s, pen pen
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ina Ten Eyck Firkinsb. 1866USAmerican librarian
- Borys Tenb. 1897UAUkrainian and Soviet poet, translator and priest (1897–1983)
- Ernest Fenollosa Tenb. 1948ESSpanish economist and politician
- Carmen Martínez Tenb. 1953ESSpanish physician
- Ten Miyazawab. 1968JPactor
- Sergei Tenb. 1976RURussian politician
- Salomé Pradas Tenb. 1978ESlawyer, Spain
- Alexis Tenb. 1981FRFrench politician
- Jeremy Tenb. 1989CACanadian figure skater
- Kiril Tenb. 2006KZbadminton player
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(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 961 | #26,703 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 600 | #14,456 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 452 | #47,006 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 392 | #50,178 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 32 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 21 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 19 | #48,742 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 19 | #93,697 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 14 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ten mean, and where does it come from?
- The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Ten have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 431 people named Ten in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ten.
- How common is the name Ten?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 6 people named Ten, about 1 in 2.9 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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, “Ten”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.