Tönning Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Finland

Tönning Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tönning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Finland291:189,54116,328
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Tõnning (19) are calculated separately.

Tönning Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tönning has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur as a variant: Tõnning. Click here for other possible spellings of Tönning.

How Common Is The Last Name Tönning? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,075,631st most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Tönning occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Tönning live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 2,064,243. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 28 percent reside and Saarland, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Germany Tönning is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 35 percent reside and Sweden, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tõnning9519/
Tinning861,245/
Tønning86120/
Tenning8677/
Tynning8672/
Tönnäng8654/
Tånning861/
Thenning8017/
Thinning806/
Tennings805/
Tengning803/
Tinnings802/
Thønning802/
Toenning800/
Tinnin772,100/
Tennin77113/
Tåning771/
Thønnings7520/
Tenningås755/
Thinnings751/
Tinnion71626/
Tennina71195/
Tennien7145/
Thinnin7115/
Taennin714/
Tenneng714/
Temning712/
Tennion712/
Tinnina711/
Tinngin711/
Tiennin711/
Tennint710/
Thaennin67363/
Tnina676/
Thenneng671/
Tnnen671/

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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 Tönning
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