Tönies Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Tönies Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 171 | 1:470,792 | 41,127 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
The alternate forms: Tonies (252) & Töniës (1) are calculated separately.
Tönies Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tönies Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tönies occurs most in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms: Tonies or Töniës. For other possible spellings of Tönies click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tönies? popularity and diffusion
Tönies is the 1,248,410th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name Tönies occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Tönies reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 470,792. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 61 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 24 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Germany it occurs in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonies | 94 | 252 | / |
| Töniës | 94 | 1 | / |
| Thönies | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tönis | 91 | 56 | / |
| Tönes | 91 | 23 | / |
| Tönjes | 83 | 2,025 | / |
| Tönges | 83 | 706 | / |
| Thönes | 83 | 564 | / |
| Thönis | 83 | 14 | / |
| Tanies | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tonnies | 77 | 366 | / |
| Toenies | 77 | 215 | / |
| Thönges | 77 | 151 | / |
| Thonies | 77 | 19 | / |
| Tannies | 77 | 4 | / |
| Thöniss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thanies | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tenyies | 77 | 0 | / |
| Thenies | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tanis | 73 | 13,220 | / |
| Tenis | 73 | 4,781 | / |
| Tones | 73 | 2,196 | / |
| Tanes | 73 | 994 | / |
| Tenes | 73 | 920 | / |
| Tonis | 73 | 854 | / |
| Tõnis | 73 | 15 | / |
| Thoenies | 71 | 16 | / |
| Teunis | 67 | 1,205 | / |
| Tannis | 67 | 962 | / |
| Tonjes | 67 | 610 | / |
| Tanish | 67 | 447 | / |
| Tonnis | 67 | 234 | / |
| Teneus | 67 | 199 | / |
| Thanis | 67 | 145 | / |
| Thones | 67 | 114 | / |
| Tonnes | 67 | 89 | / |
| Toenes | 67 | 85 | / |
| Thonis | 67 | 63 | / |
| Thanes | 67 | 62 | / |
| Tanuis | 67 | 58 | / |
| Toneis | 67 | 32 | / |
| Taneus | 67 | 25 | / |
| Toneus | 67 | 25 | / |
| Thenes | 67 | 24 | / |
| Tonish | 67 | 22 | / |
| Taniis | 67 | 22 | / |
| Tannes | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tanesh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Toenis | 67 | 15 | / |
| Tohnes | 67 | 13 | / |
| Teniss | 67 | 12 | / |
| Toness | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tanais | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tenish | 67 | 11 | / |
| Taneas | 67 | 9 | / |
| Teness | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tonais | 67 | 7 | / |
| Thenis | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tanjis | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tanees | 67 | 5 | / |
| Taneis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Teenes | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tenjis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Teniis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Teunes | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tenesh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Htenis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tanjes | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tanois | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tonihs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tonesz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thöniß | 67 | 2 | / |
| Teneys | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tuines | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanejs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taenes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenyes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teneas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taenis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuinis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teneis | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tenois | 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
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- 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 Tönies
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