Tun Surname

992nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 536,255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Myanmar
Highest density in:
Myanmar

Tun Surname Definition:

Tun: (Old Norse), the enclosure about a farm, enters into many combinations, as ton and town. Brighton is Brighthelmston, Wolverhampton is Wolfardes-home-field. Chaucer says: “Then saw I but a large field, As farre as ever I might see, Without toune, house or tree.

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Tun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Myanmar461,0011:11317
Mexico29,1271:4,262561
Guatemala11,5731:1,390243
Cambodia10,5501:1,468351
Bangladesh5,1371:31,0211,980
Thailand3,6841:19,1741,554
Vietnam3,4381:26,948425
Singapore1,9431:2,835247
United States1,4531:249,45623,730
Turkey1,3631:57,0965,544
Belize1,2191:29237
India8151:941,18540,394
Malaysia6311:46,7423,724
United Arab Emirates5001:18,3252,169
Qatar4901:4,812503
Papua New Guinea4681:17,4221,756
Indonesia4481:295,19926,302
Australia3371:80,1069,319
Micronesia1741:611152
Ukraine1711:266,21534,596
Romania1681:119,51113,198
Russia1631:884,19170,663
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
England1501:371,45426,286
Japan1191:1,074,32220,778
Hong Kong1121:65,4951,203
Canada921:400,49635,373
China771:17,757,4231,003
Taiwan471:498,8243,776
Philippines451:2,249,738125,194
Brunei411:10,2131,246
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Moldova371:96,25311,707
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Norway301:171,41020,526
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Tunisia221:27,7564,198
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Panama191:205,9085,804
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Jamaica171:168,8205,436
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Afghanistan141:2,296,65615,575
Czechia141:759,53467,321
South Korea141:3,660,018674
Pakistan121:14,886,99061,272
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Wales111:281,32115,850
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Kazakhstan91:1,964,72289,832
South Sudan91:1,268,3421,210
Estonia81:165,22626,217
France71:9,488,960336,266
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:643,82942,510

The alternate forms: Tún (8), Tůn (3), Tün (2) & Tùn (1) are calculated separately.

Tun (1,694,189) may also be a first name.

Tun Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Tun: (Old Norse), the enclosure about a farm, enters into many combinations, as ton and town. Brighton is Brighthelmston, Wolverhampton is Wolfardes-home-field. Chaucer says: “Then saw I but a large field, As farre as ever I might see, Without toune, house or tree.”

And Wyckliffe in his Bible, for “one went to his farm, another to his merchandise,” has “one into his toune,” and in the story of the Prodigal Son the citizen “sente him into his toun to feed swyn.” In Iceland the tun is the field about the house, enclosed and manured. In Scotland it still has this meaning, and it had the same in Devonshire.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

User-submitted Reference

Tun is Burmese name. Tun means 'shine' or 'be outstanding' in Burmese. Alternative spelling is "Htun". It is male name and may be rarely used in female namne.Actually Burmese has no surname or family name. A Burmese full name can be a single syllable or multiple syllables. For example, the name of Burmese UN General Secretary is "Thant". His name is only single syllable. Burmese call him "U Thant" where "U" is same as "Mr." in English. When Burmese people have to fill up a from on internet or aboard, they were forced to add family name. So they likely to use the last syllable of their name as a family name.

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Tun Last Name Facts

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

Tun (Bengali: টুন, Hindi: तुन, Marathi: तुन, Oriya: ଟୁନ, Russian: Тун, Tibetan: ཀྲུན་) is borne by more people in Myanmar than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Tún, Tůn, Tün or Tùn. For other potential spellings of Tun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tun? popularity and diffusion

It is the 992nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,590 people. Tun is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Tun live; 87 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Burmo-Asia. It is also the 402nd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 1,694,189 people.

This surname is most widely held in Myanmar, where it is carried by 461,001 people, or 1 in 113. Aside from Myanmar this surname is found in 108 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 5 percent live and Guatemala, where 2 percent live.

Tun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tun has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,863 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 15,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (71%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Tun are 9.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.08% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tun earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.37% less than the national average, earning 227,136 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 433.88% more than the national average, earning R 1,268,690 per year; in United States they earn 100% the same as the national average, earning $43,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.6% less than the national average, earning $41,934 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tún898/
Tůn893/
Tün892/
Tùn891/
Htun86194,209/
Tung86106,914/
Toun8625,258/
Thun8610,029/
Tune869,973/
Tuin863,105/
Taun86714/
Tunn86677/
Tuyn86257/
Teun8682/
Tund8653/
Tuhn8648/
Tunt8648/
Tuun8634/
Tunå8630/
Tuấn863/
Tumn863/
Tgun862/
Tunq861/
Tutn861/
Tusn861/
Toune753,693/
Tuten753,110/
Tutin752,599/
Thune752,205/
Tahun751,503/
Tusin75981/
Taune75870/
Toung75857/
Teune75661/
Taung75458/
Taunt75443/
Tusen75436/
Tuijn75293/
Thuin75262/
Thoun75198/
Tuing75126/
Teung7598/
Thunø7582/
Tuncq7579/
Tungg7574/
Tucin7574/
Theun7573/
Htunn7561/
Thunn7559/
Tumne7554/
Tunne7548/
Thuyn7545/
Tugne7540/
Thuun7533/
Håtun7528/
Tutyn7519/
Tusyn7518/
Thaun7515/
Taunø7512/
Øtgun7510/
Htunt759/
Htung759/
Tuine758/
Taund757/
Tucen756/
Tungk756/
Tuinn755/
Tounn755/
Dhtun755/
Thunå755/
Tungh754/
Tunng754/
Tounk754/
Tohun754/
Tuhyn754/
Tungc753/
Taunn753/
Tuint752/
Tount752/
Tunck752/
Tunhe752/
T'Ung752/
Tuïnk752/
Dtuin752/
Tusng751/
Tusnk751/
Tutne751/
Tutng751/
Tound751/
Tunnd751/
Thuhn751/
Thunh751/
Thgun751/
Tuyển751/
Tunnt751/
Tutín751/
Teunh751/
Tousn751/
Tausn751/
Tautn751/
Tunnn751/
Tuynh750/
Tundt750/
Teunk750/
Teund750/
Ton6769,547/
Tum6737,595/
Tusing672,122/
Tuchin672,081/
Tunque671,805/
Theune671,468/
Tuting671,433/
Tuchen67691/
Toutin67487/
Tausen67341/
Tougne67259/
Thoune67259/
Tussen67197/
Tautin67183/
Tucent67172/
Tausin67163/
Tuchyn67159/
Teuten67155/
Tunova67126/
Teugne67117/
Tutten67116/
Tuiten67111/
Tunová67107/
Tusent6798/
Tuđina6791/
Tuttin6790/
Thohun6781/
Tuseng6779/
Tousen6765/
Tushyn6755/
Tuysin6750/
Tussin6739/
Tounne6738/
Tuteng6732/
Tuyten6722/
Teusen6721/
Tousin6720/
Tusint6720/
Tusien6718/
Tuceng6718/
Taundt6717/
Htaung6716/
Touten6714/
Tuhten6713/
Tuitin6712/
Tuzsen6711/
Tauten679/
Thungc679/
Geetun679/
Thuyne678/
Thumne678/
Tungue678/
Tuggin675/
Tuytin675/
Thumnn674/
Taušen674/
Tuisen674/
Tuseen674/
Tuhyna674/
Dhtunh674/
Thounk673/
Taunck673/
Thunøe673/
Tußing673/
Thahun672/
Tuscen671/
Tuteen671/
Tudtnd671/
Thaune671/
Teunne671/
Thunhe671/
Theunt671/
Thhoun671/
Tahaun671/
Tumgne671/
Tón671/
Tousyn671/
Touyne671/
Toumne671/
Thounø671/
Ttoune671/
Ttutin671/
Tuineh671/
Thuung671/
Htoung671/
Taugne670/
Toungh670/
Thuine670/
Thaunt670/
Tucing670/

Tun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tun in the Tibetan language
ཀྲུན་trün-
Tun in the Marathi language
तुनtuna89.74
तूनtuna7.69
टुनtuna2.56
Tun in the Bengali language
টুনtuna66.67
তুনtuna33.33
Tun in the Oriya language
ଟୁନtuna58.64
ତୁନtuna15.91
ଟୁଂtum8.64
ଟୂନtuna4.77
ତୁନ୍tun4.32
ତୁଂtum3.64
ଟୁନ୍tun0.91
Tun in the Hindi language
तुनtuna41.69
टुनtuna38.41
तूनtuna11.71
टूनtuna4.22
खातुनkhatuna3.28
टुन्tun0.23
Tun in the Russian language
Тунtun-

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