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 is most common in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tönnsen? popularity and diffusion

Tönnsen is the 3,432,070th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Tönnsen live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Tönnsen is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany it is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 91 percent live, Hamburg, where 5 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 30 percent live and Norway, where 3 percent live.

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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