van Tung Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van Tung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Tung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Tung (26) may also be a first name.

van Tung Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Tung is found most in Malaysia. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Tung? popularity and diffusion

The last name van Tung is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of van Tung are found; 83 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 26 people.

It is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Kuala Lumpur, where 38 percent reside, Selangor, where 25 percent reside and Johor, where 13 percent reside. Besides Malaysia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent reside and Singapore, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Thung941/
van Tuyn88125/
van Tuin8871/
van Tong8812/
van Thun880/
van Tuijn82212/
van Tuyne8246/
van Tunks821/
van Tusen820/
van Ton8013/
van Thuyne78603/
van Tusien781/
von Thun75147/
van Toen7533/
von Tunk751/
van Thuijne741/
van Thoen711/
van Teutem6724/
Van-Thuyne673/
Van-Toen632/
von Thum630/

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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 van Tung
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