Thun Surname
Approximately 10,029 people bear this surname
Thun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 5,210 | 1:2,973 | 548 |
| Germany | 2,238 | 1:35,972 | 4,764 |
| United States | 613 | 1:591,287 | 48,265 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Sweden | 359 | 1:27,428 | 2,234 |
| Norway | 196 | 1:26,236 | 3,555 |
| Denmark | 186 | 1:30,348 | 3,143 |
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| Australia | 79 | 1:341,718 | 28,950 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Czechia | 65 | 1:163,592 | 24,859 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Switzerland | 51 | 1:161,038 | 15,036 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| Austria | 41 | 1:207,694 | 25,759 |
| Myanmar | 36 | 1:1,442,722 | 585 |
| Finland | 36 | 1:152,686 | 13,963 |
| Hungary | 22 | 1:446,194 | 29,593 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Vietnam | 10 | 1:9,264,605 | 2,710 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57 | 1:881,030 | 53,642 |
The alternate forms: Thün (7) are calculated separately.
Thun (5,736) may also be a first name.
Thun Demographics
Average Male Thun Height
179.29 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Thun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thun (Hindi: थुन, Oriya: ଠୁନ) has its highest incidence in Cambodia. It can appear as: Thün. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thun? popularity and diffusion
Thun is the 51,119th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 726,647 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Thun live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 52 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Thun is also the 88,190th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 5,736 people.
Thun is most widespread in Cambodia, where it is borne by 5,210 people, or 1 in 2,973. In Cambodia Thun is primarily concentrated in: Siem Reap Province, where 12 percent reside, Banteay Meanchey Province, where 8 percent reside and Kampong Cham Province, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Cambodia this last name exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Thun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Thun has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Thun last name increased 1,075 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Thun Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Thun are 7.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.29% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Thun earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 7.47% less than the national average, earning 320,215 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.28% more than the national average, earning $43,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.72% more than the national average, earning $54,016 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thun in the Hindi language | ||
| थुन | thuna | 88.31 |
| ठुन | thuna | 10.39 |
| थूण | thuna | 1.3 |
| Thun in the Oriya language | ||
| ଠୁନ | thuna | 60 |
| ଥୁନ୍ | thun | 20 |
| ଠୁଣ | thuna | 20 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Thun
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