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 carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Tunc, Tunč or Tünç. Click here to see 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 frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 70,547 people. The last name Tunç is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Tunç reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Tunç is also the 115,757th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 3,708 people.
Tunç is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 103,115 people, or 1 in 755. In Turkey it 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. Beside Turkey this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs 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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