Tönnsen Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Tönnsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tönnsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Tönnsen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tönnsen occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tönnsen.

How Common Is The Last Name Tönnsen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Tönnsen reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 91 percent are found, Hamburg, where 5 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 30 percent are found and Norway, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tönsen9225/
Thönsen8610/
Tønnsen866/
Tennsen860/
Thönssen809/
Tinnsien801/
Thinnsen801/
Tennsend800/
Tensen77973/
Tinsen7762/
Tönjann7171/
Tenszen7138/
Tõnnson7127/
Tennson7119/
Tinseng7118/
Tinssen7117/
Tiensen717/
Tenåsen717/
Thinsen716/
Tinsent715/
Tenshen711/
Tenseen711/
Tensgen711/
Thönßen711/
Teensen711/
Tenseng711/
Tinshen711/
Tinsenk710/
Tinnsin710/
Thensen710/
Tinnson710/
Thoensen67173/
Thinsaen6712/
Tennsion673/
Tnsan673/
Tnsem672/
Tnson671/
Tennhson671/
Theensen671/

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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 Tönnsen
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