Tún Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Faroe Islands
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Tún Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tún Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Faroe Islands31:16,3331,308
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iceland11:380,09011,096

The alternate forms: Tun (536,255), Tůn (3), Tün (2) & Tùn (1) are calculated separately.

Tún Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tún occurs more in The Faroe Islands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Tun, Tůn, Tün or Tùn. Click here for other potential spellings of Tún.

How Common Is The Last Name Tún? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Tún reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in The Faroe Islands, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 16,333. Beside The Faroe Islands this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 38 percent reside and Guatemala, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tun89536,255/
Tůn893/
Tün892/
Tùn891/
Túni8628/
Tn80568/
Tayún751/
Túnyi751/
Tan6710,017,487/
Tin67246,554/
Ton6769,547/
Ten6739,081/
Tyn67722/
Tjn67119/
Tna6799/
Týn6774/
Tøn6752/
Tán6749/
Tnn6739/
Tnu6735/
Tne6727/
Tni6726/
Htn6719/
Twn6715/
Tno6713/
Tôn6711/
Ttn679/
Tny679/
Dtn678/
Tấn677/
Tdn676/
Tnw675/
Tân675/
Wtn674/
Tnh674/
t N673/
Tên672/
Tón671/
Tãn671/
Dún671/
Tön671/
Tín671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tún
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