Last Name TUNKS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Antony, from the nickname Tony, and with diminutive suffix Ton-kin. 'Kins' becomes 'ks.' Another possibility is a corruption of Tomkinson and Tomkins.
Origin English, Irish, Maori

Rank 42,757 (2000 US census) 36,623 (1990 US census)
Count 477 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.65%, or 461 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.05%, or 5 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.26%, or 6 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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