Tonkens Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Tonkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonkens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1341:126,02419,691
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Tonkens Last Name Facts

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

Tonkens occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tonkens.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonkens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tonkens is the 1,276,805th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name Tonkens occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Tonkens reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 126,024. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Holland, where 29 percent reside, South Holland, where 28 percent reside and Groningen, where 23 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Tonkens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tonkens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tonkens last name grew 357 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tonkens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tonkens last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.

Tonkens earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.28% less than the national average, earning $38,712 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tonckens9358/
Tonkins86594/
Tankens8638/
Tomkens860/
Teunkens80262/
Thünkens801/
Teunckens7563/
Theunkens757/
Tankins71129/
Theunckens7141/
Tomkyns7140/
Tunkins717/
Tomckins672/
Tomkkins670/
Tamkins5751/
Tamkinsh539/

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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 Tonkens
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