Tongkun Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Tongkun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tongkun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
China41:341,830,39216,990
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tongkun (6,186) may also be a first name.

Tongkun Last Name Facts

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

Tongkun is held by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tongkun? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Tongkun reside; 81 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 81 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Tongkun is also the 84,026th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 6,186 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,825,534. In Thailand Tongkun is mostly concentrated in: Chiang Mai Province, where 28 percent are found, Bangkok, where 16 percent are found and Lampang Province, where 16 percent are found. Besides Thailand it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in China, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Tongkun
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