Tunç Surname

5,488th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103,301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Tunç Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunç Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey103,1151:75591
Northern Cyprus1191:2,681371
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
England41:13,929,515290,718
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
France11:66,422,722504,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Tunc (1,886), Tunč (12) & Tünç (3) are calculated separately.

Tunç (3,708) may also be a first name.

Tunç Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tunç occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Tunc, Tunč or Tünç. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunç? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,488th most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 70,547 people. The last name Tunç occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Tunç are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 88 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Tunç is also the 115,757th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 3,708 people.

It is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 103,115 people, or 1 in 755. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 5 percent are found and Diyarbakir Province, where 5 percent are found. Beside Turkey Tunç occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunc921,886/
Tunč9212/
Tünç923/
Tuns75988/
Tonç75166/
Tunz7514/
Tunx751/
Tunje673,581/
Tunce67686/
Tunze67636/
Thuns67190/
Teuns67180/
Tunci67151/
Tunch67128/
Touns6771/
Tunst6711/
Tunås677/
Tunts676/
Tuyns674/
Tunse673/
Tuntz672/
Thunz671/
Tumns671/
Tauns671/
Tunds670/
Tuntc670/
Tunns670/
Tuins670/

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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 Tunç
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