Töns Surname

601,907th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 516 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Töns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Töns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5061:159,10218,952
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Tõns (38) are calculated separately.

Töns (12) may also be a first name.

Töns Last Name Facts

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

Töns is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Tõns. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Töns? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 601,907th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Töns live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe. Töns is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 12 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 506 people, or 1 in 159,102. In Germany Töns is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 85 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent reside and Hamburg, where 2 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside and Finland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tõns9238/
Thöns89197/
Tönse89127/
Tönns8912/
Tns8634/
Tönz75278/
Tins75252/
Tens75201/
Tüns75182/
Tnsj751/
Tnss751/
Tíns751/
Dtns751/
Tyns750/
Tense67183/
Teuns67180/
Tiens67110/
Taens6789/
Thens6769/
Toens6737/
Httns6730/
Thäns6728/
Teens6722/
Timns6722/
Tinsz6721/
Tenns6720/
Tinse6718/
Tinss6717/
Thüns6715/
Thins6711/
Tynæs6710/
Tinns677/
Tuens675/
Tions675/
Tenås674/
Tinsh672/
Tensø672/
Tensz672/
Tymns672/
Tyons671/
Tijns671/
Tuins670/
Tensh670/

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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 Töns
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