Tunison Surname

299,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Tunison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2231:296,36927,405
Canada411:898,67368,969
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4951:101,45210,276

Tunison (18) may also be a first name.

Tunison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tunison is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunison? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tunison is the 299,328th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 5,733,710 people. Tunison is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Tunison live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,223 people, or 1 in 296,369. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 14 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Michigan, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Tunison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tunison has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tunison surname grew 247 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tunison Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tunison are 13.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.15% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tunison earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.33% more than the national average, earning $46,743 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.23% more than the national average, earning $52,283 CAD per year.

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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 Tunison
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