Thönig Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Thönig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thönig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria491:173,78422,520
Germany471:1,712,88299,068
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Thonig (358) are calculated separately.

Thönig Last Name Facts

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

Thönig occurs in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Thonig. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thönig? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,604,449th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Thönig live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Austria, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 173,784. In Austria Thönig is most common in: Tyrol, where 98 percent are found and Vorarlberg, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Austria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 37 percent are found and Switzerland, where 23 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thonig94358/
Tönig9152/
Thanig8347/
Thoenig7771/
Thanigh771/
Tanig73587/
Tenig735/
Tonig734/
Tönic731/
Thönicke7110/
Thanik6797/
Tehnik6768/
Tannig6722/
Toenig6711/
Thanic679/
Thaneg674/
Thoneg671/
Tonoig671/
Töngek671/
Thonic670/

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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 Thönig
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