Tonkes Surname
Approximately 496 people bear this surname
Tonkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 312 | 1:54,126 | 9,292 |
| Australia | 127 | 1:212,565 | 20,555 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
Tonkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tonkes (Russian: Тонкес) is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonkes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 619,831st most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Tonkes reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 54,126. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Holland, where 33 percent live, Groningen, where 22 percent live and South Holland, where 18 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 26 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.
Tonkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tonkes has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Tonkes surname rose 116 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tonkes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tonkes in the Russian language | ||
| Тонкес | tonkes | - |
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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 Tonkes
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