Tonks Surname

66,084th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Tonks Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Antony,' from the nick. Tony, and with diminutive suffix Ton-kin. Kins becomes is; compare Perks from Perkins, Dawks from Dawkins, &c. (The order of corruption is Perkins, Perkiss, Perkes, Perks.

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Tonks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,3631:12,7711,883
Australia1,3311:20,2822,812
United States8081:448,58838,453
New Zealand3731:12,1402,112
Canada2401:153,52315,602
Wales1471:21,0512,237
South Africa741:732,13151,520
Scotland621:86,3526,198
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Guernsey221:2,929767
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5721:15,5062,291
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Tonks (11) may also be a first name.

Tonks Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Antony,' from the nick. Tony, and with diminutive suffix Ton-kin. Kins becomes is; compare Perks from Perkins, Dawks from Dawkins, &c. (The order of corruption is Perkins, Perkiss, Perkes, Perks.) (a) Bapt. A corruption of Tomkinson and Tomkins; compare Sinkinson and Sinkins for Simkinson and Simkins.

1569. Baptised — The daughter of James Tonkinson: St. Antholin (London).

1603. Buried — Thomas Tunckes: ibid.

1789. Married — John Tonks and Mary Bardwell: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A contraction of Tonkins, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A diminutive of the diminutive Tony, from Anthony.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Frisian, Tonjes; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tonks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tonks (Arabic: تونكس, Russian: Тонкс) is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tonks.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonks? popularity and diffusion

Tonks is the 66,084th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 965,366 people. Tonks is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Tonks reside; 61 percent reside in Northern Europe and 61 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name globally It is held by 11 people.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 4,363 people, or 1 in 12,771. In England Tonks is primarily found in: West Midlands, where 27 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 8 percent reside and West Yorkshire, where 6 percent reside. Beside England it is found in 48 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Tonks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tonks has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Tonks last name grew 278 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,138 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 3,675 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,033 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tonks Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Tonks last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (83%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Tonks last name are 14.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tonks earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 8.14% more than the national average, earning R 256,992 per year; in United States they earn 7.56% more than the national average, earning $46,409 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.27% less than the national average, earning $49,549 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toncks9111/
Toinks913/
Tonkss911/
Tunks802,399/
Tongs80607/
Toncs8011/
Tomks804/
Tanks803/
Thanks73382/
Thongs73123/
Tongse7355/
Tuncks7329/
Tangks733/
Toings731/
Tahnks731/
Toungs730/
Tõks6719/
Thankxs673/
Thoings671/
Thongse671/
Thaanks671/
Toungse671/
Tonx671/
Thankse671/

Tonks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tonks in the Russian language
Тонксtonks-
Tonks in the Arabic language
تونكسtwnks-

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