Tonjes Surname
Approximately 610 people bear this surname
Tonjes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 509 | 1:712,100 | 56,164 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
The alternate forms: Tönjes (2,025) are calculated separately.
Tonjes Demographics
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Tonjes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonjes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tonjes has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms: Tönjes. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonjes? popularity and diffusion
Tonjes is the 530,215th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,946,797 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Tonjes are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 509 people, or 1 in 712,100. In The United States it is most frequent in: Nebraska, where 19 percent live, Ohio, where 15 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Barring The United States this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 9 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.
Tonjes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tonjes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tonjes surname rose 1,184 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tonjes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tonjes surname are 34.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88% registered with the political party.
Tonjes earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.33% more than the national average, earning $46,744 USD per year.
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Tonjes Reference & Research
Tonjes FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Tonjes 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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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tonjes
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis