Tonison Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Tonison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

The alternate forms: Tõnison (31) are calculated separately.

Tonison (99) may also be a first name.

Tonison Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tonison occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Tõnison. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonison? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Tonison are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 951,070th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 99 people.

Tonison is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Tonison is primarily concentrated in: California, where 67 percent reside and New Jersey, where 33 percent reside. Not including The United States Tonison occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.

Tonison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tonison has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tonison last name declined 79 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Tonison
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