Tönnes Surname

506,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 647 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Tönnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tönnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6141:131,11615,967
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Tönnes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tönnes Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tönnes is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tönnes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 506,723rd most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Tönnes live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Tönnes is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 614 people, or 1 in 131,116. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 84 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 8 percent reside and Hamburg, where 2 percent reside. Besides Germany it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tönnies922,033/
Thönnes92996/
Tinnes83881/
Tönnis83267/
Tennes83256/
Tønnes8349/
Tynnes830/
Thinnes771,735/
Tennies77404/
Thennes77247/
Toennes7787/
Tinnesz7754/
Tennese7716/
Tønnies775/
Tenness775/
Tinnest772/
Tiennes771/
Tönniss771/
Tenneus771/
Thönnis771/
Tennges770/
Tennets770/
Thönnesová751/
Tnese7327/
Tånes737/
Thnes733/
Tnehs733/
Tneus731/
Tnges731/
Tnest731/
Tnies731/
Thoennes711,182/
Toennies71693/
Thingnes71108/
Thinnies7154/
Tennesse7137/
Thönniss717/
Thiennes713/
Tinnetts711/
Tinnesse711/
Tennis673,125/
Tinnis6764/
Tõnnis6732/
Tennys673/
Timnes671/
Tneash671/
Tinnès671/
Toennnies671/
Thinnesse671/
Tinnys671/
Tinnez671/
Tennez671/
Thoenness671/
Tenneesse671/

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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 Tönnes
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