Tuñez Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Tuñez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 216 | 1:216,445 | 14,523 |
| Argentina | 73 | 1:585,526 | 41,795 |
| Venezuela | 28 | 1:1,078,717 | 15,964 |
The alternate forms: Tunez (685), Túñez (6) & Túnez (20) are calculated separately.
Tuñez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuñez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tuñez occurs most in Spain. It may be found as: Tunez, Túñez or Túnez. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuñez? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 858,879th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. Tuñez occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Tuñez reside; 68 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 68 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Spain, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 216,445. In Spain Tuñez is mostly found in: Galicia, where 96 percent live and Basque Country, where 4 percent live. Barring Spain it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 23 percent live and Venezuela, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunez | 93 | 685 | / |
| Túñez | 93 | 6 | / |
| Tuñeza | 91 | 1 | / |
| Túnez | 87 | 20 | / |
| Tañez | 80 | 99 | / |
| Duñez | 80 | 11 | / |
| Tuñes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tuenz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Táñez | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dueñez | 73 | 4,872 | / |
| Tañeza | 73 | 2,166 | / |
| Tuenze | 73 | 35 | / |
| Tiñezo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Teñeza | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tañezo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Duéñez | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tunezi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tuneza | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuneze | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ta Ñez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tounez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tiñeza | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuenza | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tunhez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenz | 67 | 187 | / |
| Tunz | 67 | 14 | / |
| Tañieza | 67 | 6 | / |
| Touneza | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tuienzo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuaneza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tnez | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tuneus | 55 | 9 | / |
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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 Tuñez
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