Tonteri Surname

474,151st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 706 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Tonteri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonteri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland6821:8,0601,257
Sweden191:518,25037,550
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080

Tonteri Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tonteri is found most frequently in Finland. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonteri? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tonteri is the 474,151st most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 10,322,303 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Tonteri live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly used in Finland, where it is held by 682 people, or 1 in 8,060. In Finland it is most numerous in: Uusimaa, where 33 percent reside, Päijänne Tavastia, where 16 percent reside and Tavastia Proper, where 14 percent reside. Barring Finland this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tanteri86336/
Tunteri8614/
Tontori862/
Tontera861/
Tontere861/
Tontoroi8017/
Tantheri801/
Tanterri801/
Tantera71440/
Tantari71284/
Tantiri7180/
Tantery7125/
Tantere7120/
Tántera712/
Tantéri711/
Tontare711/
Tàntera711/
Tuntera711/
Tontary711/
Thantheeri711/
Tanttari67140/
Tanthera6756/
Tantiris6714/
Tanthiri6713/
Tantarai6711/
Tantariy675/
Tanteery675/
Tantirai671/
Tantaroi671/
Tonthira671/
Tanteare670/

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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 Tonteri
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