Tungkin Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Tungkin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tungkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Tungkin (12) may also be a first name.

Tungkin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tungkin is found most in Malaysia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tungkin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Tungkin occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tungkin reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

Tungkin is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sarawak, where 88 percent reside and Sabah, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 44 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunkin92304/
Tusingkin883/
Tunkina86265/
Tunckin86134/
Tongkin8643/
Tounkin861/
Tongkien805/
Tutinkin801/
Tunkienė801/
Tonkin7712,660/
Tunkyn7730/
Tuncin771/
Tunken770/
Tunkinova757/
Thongkien752/
Thungkoen751/
Tunkyna7130/
Thunken7110/
Tonnkin712/
Tumking711/
Tumkint711/
Tonkinn711/
Thumkin710/
Thumking6738/
Tongquin6714/
Tungchen671/
Tonkn671/
Tonkienė671/
Thunkoen671/
Thongken671/
Tunkenova635/
Tonkyn6292/
Tonken6273/
Tunkem621/
Thünken5776/
Tunkeng5730/
Thumkim571/
Toumkeng531/

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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 Tungkin
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