Tunks Surname

178,121st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Tunks Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Antony,' from the nick. Tony, and with diminutive suffix Ton-kin. Kins becomes is; compare Perks from Perkins, Dawks from Dawkins, &c. (The order of corruption is Perkins, Perkiss, Perkes, Perks.

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Tunks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1,1721:23,0343,173
United States7071:512,67242,946
Canada2241:164,48916,566
England2201:253,26420,438
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Malta11:430,2723,380
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1841:132,47512,229
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1221:411,62930,405

Tunks Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Antony,' from the nick. Tony, and with diminutive suffix Ton-kin. Kins becomes is; compare Perks from Perkins, Dawks from Dawkins, &c. (The order of corruption is Perkins, Perkiss, Perkes, Perks.) (a) Bapt. A corruption of Tomkinson and Tomkins; compare Sinkinson and Sinkins for Simkinson and Simkins.

1569. Baptised — The daughter of James Tonkinson: St. Antholin (London).

1603. Buried — Thomas Tunckes: ibid.

1789. Married — John Tonks and Mary Bardwell: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Tonks, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A diminutive of the diminutive Tony, from Anthony.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Tunks Last Name Facts

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

Tunks is most common in Australia. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tunks is the 178,121st most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,037,743 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Tunks are found; 50 percent are found in Australasia and 50 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Tunks is most frequently used in Australia, where it is borne by 1,172 people, or 1 in 23,034. In Australia Tunks is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 52 percent live, Victoria, where 27 percent live and Tasmania, where 7 percent live. Besides Australia Tunks is found in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Tunks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tunks has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 580 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tunks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tunks surname are 11.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.95% registered with the party.

The amount Tunks earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.97% less than the national average, earning $42,297 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.19% more than the national average, earning $51,764 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuncks9129/
Tonks807,549/
Tungs804/
Toncks7311/
Tonkss731/
Tungse731/
Toungs730/
Toungse671/
Tunx671/
Tongs60607/
Toncs6011/
Touchings5742/

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