Tontay Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Tontay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Tontay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tontay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tontay (Hindi: टोंटया) is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tontay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Tontay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tontay are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 75 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Tontay is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 8,436,519. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 92 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 8 percent live. Apart from The Philippines it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tontay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tontay in the Hindi language | ||
| टोंटया | tontaya | - |
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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 Tontay
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