Thunig Surname

536,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 600 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Thunig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thunig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5631:142,99417,265
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Thunig Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thunig Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Thunig is found most frequently in Germany. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thunig? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 536,820th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Thunig live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 563 people, or 1 in 142,994. In Germany Thunig is most common in: Saxony, where 33 percent reside, Bavaria, where 20 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Germany it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Thunig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Thunig has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Thunig last name rose 450 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thunig Last Name Statistics demography

Thunig earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning $43,656 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunig913/
Thonig83358/
Thoenig7771/
Thunike771/
Tunik731,917/
Tinig73240/
Tunic73114/
Tuniq7331/
Tuneg7329/
Tonig734/
Tunix732/
Theunick7151/
Thunicke711/
Tunick67668/
Tunnik6763/
Toenig6711/
Tounik675/
Taunik674/
Tuniks673/
Tunike673/
Tungek672/
Tusnik672/
Thoneg671/
Tonoig671/
Tunijc671/
Tungik671/
Tunaik671/
Thonic670/
Toonig670/

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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
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  • 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 Thunig
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