Tong Surname
Approximately 2,156,251 people bear this surname
Tong Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tonge' or Tong, parishes in Salop, Kent, Lancashire (2), and West Riding of Yorkshire. Tongue, of course, is merely imitative. Probably all these places are so termed from the shape of the land (like a tongue).
Read More About This SurnameTong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1,784,741 | 1:766 | 105 |
| Vietnam | 154,382 | 1:600 | 62 |
| Hong Kong | 58,865 | 1:125 | 36 |
| Singapore | 20,671 | 1:266 | 44 |
| Laos | 20,336 | 1:324 | 131 |
| Taiwan | 19,520 | 1:1,201 | 82 |
| United States | 17,730 | 1:20,443 | 2,579 |
| Malaysia | 14,978 | 1:1,969 | 300 |
| South Sudan | 11,097 | 1:1,029 | 207 |
| Cambodia | 7,231 | 1:2,142 | 457 |
| Macau | 6,905 | 1:87 | 18 |
| South Korea | 6,304 | 1:8,128 | 100 |
| Thailand | 5,862 | 1:12,050 | 739 |
| Canada | 4,575 | 1:8,054 | 1,190 |
| England | 2,880 | 1:19,347 | 2,760 |
| Australia | 2,811 | 1:9,604 | 1,435 |
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| Indonesia | 1,598 | 1:82,759 | 8,736 |
| South Africa | 1,567 | 1:34,574 | 4,420 |
| Turkey | 1,395 | 1:55,786 | 5,436 |
| France | 1,164 | 1:57,064 | 7,592 |
| Philippines | 1,156 | 1:87,576 | 15,222 |
| Cameroon | 1,045 | 1:19,875 | 2,701 |
| India | 896 | 1:856,100 | 37,694 |
| New Zealand | 866 | 1:5,229 | 842 |
| Peru | 643 | 1:49,431 | 4,225 |
| Nigeria | 315 | 1:562,358 | 27,325 |
| United Arab Emirates | 280 | 1:32,722 | 3,512 |
| Germany | 262 | 1:307,273 | 31,264 |
| Brunei | 252 | 1:1,662 | 318 |
| Japan | 229 | 1:558,272 | 15,303 |
| Papua New Guinea | 207 | 1:39,390 | 4,770 |
| Vanuatu | 197 | 1:1,336 | 359 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Kiribati | 171 | 1:663 | 250 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Brazil | 150 | 1:1,427,162 | 48,115 |
| Netherlands | 139 | 1:121,490 | 19,071 |
| Spain | 128 | 1:365,250 | 20,590 |
| Scotland | 106 | 1:50,508 | 4,357 |
| Wales | 105 | 1:29,472 | 3,021 |
| Venezuela | 96 | 1:314,626 | 7,121 |
| Sweden | 93 | 1:105,879 | 7,628 |
| Mexico | 88 | 1:1,410,525 | 15,733 |
| Panama | 72 | 1:54,337 | 2,580 |
| Suriname | 70 | 1:7,895 | 1,936 |
| Russia | 69 | 1:2,088,740 | 128,406 |
| Belgium | 52 | 1:221,089 | 28,230 |
| Switzerland | 50 | 1:164,258 | 15,252 |
| Jamaica | 40 | 1:71,749 | 3,500 |
| Norway | 40 | 1:128,557 | 16,659 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Qatar | 37 | 1:63,730 | 6,585 |
| Myanmar | 36 | 1:1,442,722 | 585 |
| Denmark | 35 | 1:161,278 | 13,908 |
| Ecuador | 34 | 1:467,819 | 10,566 |
| Chile | 33 | 1:533,833 | 13,415 |
| Ireland | 29 | 1:162,377 | 7,171 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Honduras | 22 | 1:400,747 | 3,070 |
| Kenya | 22 | 1:2,099,086 | 36,356 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Costa Rica | 19 | 1:251,583 | 2,896 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Guyana | 12 | 1:63,518 | 5,280 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| North Korea | 9 | 1:2,790,783 | 79 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 1:151,553 | 8,353 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cuba | 7 | 1:1,646,102 | 8,141 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Abkhazia | 2 | 1:121,432 | 4,128 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,047 | 1:23,281 | 3,243 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:104,561 | 4,503 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 474 | 1:105,947 | 10,641 |
The alternate forms: Tóng (3) are calculated separately.
Tong (1,292,477) may also be a first name.
Tong Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tonge' or Tong, parishes in Salop, Kent, Lancashire (2), and West Riding of Yorkshire. Tongue, of course, is merely imitative. Probably all these places are so termed from the shape of the land (like a tongue). Middle English tonge or tunge, a. tongue. Of Tong in Salop it is said,' The river Werf commences from the union of two brooks at the western extremity of the parish' (Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, iv. 357). The tongue of land in this case might lie between the two streams.
John de Tonghe, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Nicholas Tonge, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
Simon de Tonge, Kent, ibid.
Roger Tunge, Yorkshire, ibid.
Wilielmus de Tonge, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
The township of Tongue is mentioned on the same page.
Peter Tonge, of Chester, shoemaker, 1572: Wills at Chester.
William Tonge, of Farnworth, Lancashire, 1583: ibid.
1639-60. Married — Charles Tonge and Mary Hancocke: St. Dionis Backchurch.
1770. — John Tongue and Elizabeth Griffiths: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) belonging to Tong or Tonge; or Dweller at a Tongue or Point of Land (such, e.g., as would be formed by the meeting of two streams) [Middle English tonge, tunge, Old English tunge, a tongue] Two brooks meet at Tong(e (13th cent. Tonghe), Salop; and Tongland, Kirkcudbright, “stands at the confluence of the rivers Tarf and Dee”. The Yorks Tong, Tunge in the 13th cent., occurs as Tuinc ill Domesday-Bk.
Parishes and places in cos. Kent, York, Salop, Lancaster, and Leicester.
Tong Demographics
Average Male Tong Height
172.15 cm
Average Female Tong Height
161.73 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Tong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tong (Marathi: टॉग, Russian: Тонг, Tibetan: སྟོངས།) occurs more in China more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Tóng. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tong is the 247th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,380 people. Tong is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Tong live; 87 percent live in East Asia and 87 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 612th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 1,292,477 people.
Tong is most commonly used in China, where it is held by 1,784,741 people, or 1 in 766. Outside of China this last name exists in 126 countries. It is also found in Vietnam, where 7 percent are found and Hong Kong, where 3 percent are found.
Tong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tong has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tong last name increased 3,741 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 275 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 10,600 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 725 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Tong Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Tong surname is principally Catholic (75%) in Ireland, Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Tong surname are 11.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 65.11% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tong earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.73% less than the national average, earning 270,885 kr per year; in Peru they earn 81.29% more than the national average, earning S/. 35,143 per year; in South Africa they earn 17.66% less than the national average, earning R 195,660 per year; in Vietnam they earn 3.87% less than the national average, earning 79,248,200 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 16.31% more than the national average, earning $50,185 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.88% more than the national average, earning $58,070 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tong in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྟོངས། | tong | 50 |
| སྟོང་། | tong | 50 |
| Tong in the Marathi language | ||
| टॉग | toga | 50 |
| टोग | toga | 25 |
| टॉंग | tonga | 25 |
| Tong in the Russian language | ||
| Тонг | tong | - |
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Tong Reference & Research
Tang DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Tang FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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