von Thun Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

von Thun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Thun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany641:1,257,89880,532
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Denmark161:352,79524,706
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

von Thun Last Name Facts

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

The last name von Thun is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name von Thun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,453,389th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of von Thun live; 45 percent live in Western Europe and 45 percent live in Germanic Europe.

von Thun is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 1,257,898. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 34 percent are found, Hamburg, where 17 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Denmark, where 11 percent are found.

von Thun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of von Thun has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 525 percent between 1880 and 2014.

von Thun Last Name Statistics demography

von Thun earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.98% more than the national average, earning $49,183 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Tunk881/
von Thum880/
van Thun880/
van Thung821/
van Thuyne78603/
van Tuyn75125/
van Tuin7571/
van Tung7512/
van Thuijne741/
van Tuijn71212/
van Tuyne7146/
van Thoen711/
van Tusen710/
van Ton6713/
Van-Thuyne673/
van Tusien671/
van Toen6333/
van Teutem5624/

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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 von Thun
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