Tongeren Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Tongeren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tongeren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1971:85,72214,232
Belgium121:958,05473,966
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tongeren (12) may also be a first name.

Tongeren Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tongeren is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Tongeren click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tongeren? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,092,155th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname Tongeren is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Tongeren reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Tongeren is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 12 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 85,722. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 29 percent reside, North Holland, where 16 percent reside and Gelderland, where 15 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Tongeren Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tongeren are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.

Tongeren earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 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 Tongeren
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