Tonathy Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Tonathy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonathy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:18,122,947588,089
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719

Tonathy Last Name Facts

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

Tonathy occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonathy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 27 percent of Tonathy reside; 27 percent reside in Southern Africa and 27 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Tonathy is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 18,122,947. In The United States Tonathy is primarily found in: Ohio, where 15 percent live and North Carolina, where 5 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 27 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Tonathy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tonathy has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Tonathy surname contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tonathy Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tonathy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 638.37% more than the national average, earning R 1,754,650 per year and in United States they earn 10.47% more than the national average, earning $47,667 USD per year.

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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 Tonathy
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