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    The surname Tonge

    A surname, carried by 1,062 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tonge is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,062 people named Tonge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 290,721 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 944.

    #23,804
    rank among US surnames
    1,062
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,763)

    Who is named Tonge

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    47% of people named Tonge identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tonge

    Tonge has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tonge?
    1,062 people in the United States had the surname Tonge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,721 Americans. It ranked 23,804th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tonge?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Tonge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tonge getting more or less common?
    More common. 944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,062 in 2010, up 13%.