Tönis Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Tönis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Tonis (854) & Tõnis (15) are calculated separately.
Tönis (40) may also be a first name.
Tönis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tönis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tönis occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Tonis or Tõnis. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tönis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. Tönis occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Tönis are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Tönis is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 40 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 603,113. In The Netherlands Tönis is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 32 percent are found, North Holland, where 25 percent are found and Gelderland, where 18 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands Tönis is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 46 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonis | 93 | 854 | / |
| Tõnis | 93 | 15 | / |
| Tönies | 91 | 185 | / |
| Thönis | 91 | 14 | / |
| Töniës | 91 | 1 | / |
| Thöniss | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thönies | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tanis | 80 | 13,220 | / |
| Tenis | 80 | 4,781 | / |
| Tönes | 80 | 23 | / |
| Teunis | 73 | 1,205 | / |
| Tannis | 73 | 962 | / |
| Tönges | 73 | 706 | / |
| Thönes | 73 | 564 | / |
| Tanish | 73 | 447 | / |
| Tonies | 73 | 252 | / |
| Tonnis | 73 | 234 | / |
| Thanis | 73 | 145 | / |
| Thonis | 73 | 63 | / |
| Tanuis | 73 | 58 | / |
| Toneis | 73 | 32 | / |
| Tonish | 73 | 22 | / |
| Toenis | 73 | 15 | / |
| Teniss | 73 | 12 | / |
| Tenish | 73 | 11 | / |
| Tanais | 73 | 11 | / |
| Tonais | 73 | 7 | / |
| Thenis | 73 | 6 | / |
| Taneis | 73 | 4 | / |
| Htenis | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tanois | 73 | 2 | / |
| Thöniß | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tanies | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tonihs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tuinis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenais | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taenis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenois | 73 | 0 | / |
| Teneis | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tonnies | 67 | 366 | / |
| Tenisch | 67 | 218 | / |
| Toenies | 67 | 215 | / |
| Thönges | 67 | 151 | / |
| Tannish | 67 | 42 | / |
| Thanish | 67 | 34 | / |
| Taenais | 67 | 26 | / |
| Thonies | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tonisch | 67 | 16 | / |
| Thaenis | 67 | 6 | / |
| Teunisz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Thanais | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tannies | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thonnis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thenish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thannis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanniss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taanish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonneis | 67 | 0 | / |
| Thanies | 67 | 0 | / |
| Thenies | 67 | 0 | / |
| Thoenis | 67 | 0 | / |
| Toeniss | 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 Tönis
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