Tunç Surname
Approximately 103,301 people bear this surname
Tunç Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 103,115 | 1:755 | 91 |
| Northern Cyprus | 119 | 1:2,681 | 371 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
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
Tunç is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Tunc, Tunč or Tünç. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunç? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,488th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 70,547 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Tunç live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 115,757th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 3,708 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is held by 103,115 people, or 1 in 755. In Turkey Tunç is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 5 percent are found and Diyarbakir Province, where 5 percent are found. Other than Turkey this surname is found 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunc | 92 | 1,886 | / |
| Tunč | 92 | 12 | / |
| Tünç | 92 | 3 | / |
| Tuns | 75 | 988 | / |
| Tonç | 75 | 166 | / |
| Tunz | 75 | 14 | / |
| Tunx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tunje | 67 | 3,581 | / |
| Tunce | 67 | 686 | / |
| Tunze | 67 | 636 | / |
| Thuns | 67 | 190 | / |
| Teuns | 67 | 180 | / |
| Tunci | 67 | 151 | / |
| Tunch | 67 | 128 | / |
| Touns | 67 | 71 | / |
| Tunst | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tunås | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tunts | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tuyns | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tunse | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tuntz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thunz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tumns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tauns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tunds | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tuntc | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tunns | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tuins | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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