Tenuta

Borrowed from Italian Tenuta.

Tenuta (plural Tenutas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tenuta is the 38948^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 566 individuals. Tenuta is most common among White (95.58%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tenuta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Perhaps from tenuta (“estate, land holding”), a nickname for the owner of a large property or for someone who worked on one.

Tenuta m or f by sense

1. a surname