Thunken Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
American Samoa
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Thunken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thunken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
American Samoa81:6,9701,431
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Thünken (76) are calculated separately.

Thunken Last Name Facts

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

Thunken is found most frequently in American Samoa. It can also be rendered as a variant: Thünken. Click here for other possible spellings of Thunken.

How Common Is The Last Name Thunken? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thunken is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Thunken occurs mostly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Thunken are found; 80 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Polynesia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in American Samoa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,970. Barring American Samoa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thünken9576/
Thunkoen931/
Tunken920/
Thungkoen881/
Tunkeng8630/
Thongken801/
Tunkienė801/
Tunkin77304/
Tonken7773/
Tunkyn7730/
Tunkem771/
Tunkenova755/
Thongkien752/
Tunkina71265/
Tunckin71134/
Tunkyna7130/
Tungkin7116/
Toumken712/
Tounkin711/
Tongkien675/
Tonkn671/
Toumkeng671/
Tungchen671/
Tutinkin671/
Tonkienė671/
Tunkinova637/
Tusingkin633/
Tonkin6212,660/
Tonkyn6292/
Tuncin621/
Tongkin5743/
Tonnkin572/
Thumkim571/
Tonkinn571/
Thumkin570/
Thumking5338/

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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
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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 Thunken
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