TenTen

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/tn̩tən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

TenTen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 146K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 250K
  • PLPoland≈1 in 1.4M

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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈320 people, est.

Sources
56 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 146K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

plural of tent

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

How TenTen is read(measured from records)

TenTen is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • German49%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses TenTen in German.

  • English20%

    A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • French11%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses TenTen in French.

  • Dutch6.0%

    plural of tent

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

TenTen 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.

Where TenTen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈320 est.≈1 in 250K—TenTen56
NG Nigeria≈130 est.≈1 in 1.7M—TenTen11
NL Netherlands1181 in 146K118TenTen14
ZA South Africa≈33 est.≈1 in 1.7M—TenTen5
PL Poland≈27 est.≈1 in 1.4M—TenTen1
MY Malaysia≈21 est.≈1 in 1.6M—TenTen3
BE Belgium81 in 1.5M8—3

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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

TenTen is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Téntén

  • Japanese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan

    Also written Ten-Ten

27 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(measured from records)

TenTen is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Galician, inflection of tentar:

    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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Tenten, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting TenTen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007118#16,638
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20088#82,486

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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

Where does the name TenTen come from?
plural of tent Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce TenTen?
A machine transcription gives /tn̩tən/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name TenTen mean?
In English, A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.
In which country does TenTen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 320 people named TenTen in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled TenTen.
Where is TenTen most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, TenTen is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 146 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name TenTen?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 118 people named TenTen in 2007, about 1 in 146 thousand residents.

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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, “TenTen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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