Tun
loc · Latin script
Meaning: subst. si vb. a tuna
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/tʌn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tun is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country. In Thailand it is the 67th most common surname.
- MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 139(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 3.5K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.4Kas Din
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Tun itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Myanmar (Burma) (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 264 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 139 (inferred from the name graph)
≈410,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Myanmar (Burma), est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
18 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Tin in MM Myanmar (Burma), ID Indonesia, Din in US United States, PK Pakistan, ตน์ in TH Thailand and Tan in SG Singapore.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
subst. si vb. a tuna. 1. Tun, k D Gorj) ; - M., mold. ; - PIntece sec. XV (BCI X 83). 2. Tuna b., ar. (Fars) ; Nic. (Cat gr. I) ; Tuna fam. (Sc). 3. + -cea : Tuncea mare clucer (17 B III 205). 4. T unariul, Sava (17 B III 447) < subst. ; de remarcat epoca formarii acestui termen (sec. al XVII-lea). Tundila v. Tuns 3.
Sources 1
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tun counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | #361 | ≈410,000 est. | ≈1 in 139 | 1.6M | Tin | 112 |
| US United States | — | 114,030as Dean | 1 in 2.9K | 158K | Din | 264 |
| PK Pakistan | #111 | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Din | 111 |
| MY Malaysia | #74 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 3.1K | Tun | 92 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | listed | Tin | 80 |
| SG Singapore | #362 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Tan | 63 |
| TH Thailand | #67 | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 85K | #179,346 | ตน์ | 157 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: This page features the most common names in Myanmar, published on WorldNames.; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; data.gov.my — Name Popularity Dashboard (JPN, by decade and ethnicity). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tun is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In cdo, umns ； a pillar of the fttate; the four corners of an outer coffin ； name of a tree : in the coll. read tamg^ q.v.: tong) the rafters, the plate ； *tong^ iiiong (chi 【cAa《， abiUty to uphold a state. The rainbow, called *td ' long 、； it is supposed to be -, made of insects.
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In Akan, turn, s. t^mm, tuntuntum. o-t un t u m, black person. o-t un t u m a, the side of a house, pr. 3385. ntuntum6, a kind of locust; s. boadabi. tiintiin'ftnd, some part of the human skidl, opposed to, Le, most distant from, the chin ; wo t. ne wo mp^mpam' ne wo atiko ahyiae
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In sit-pro, forepart
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In English, A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, a Pre-Hispanic percussion instrument from Guatemala, consisting of a hollow wooden block with slits in the sides
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dong Zhuob. 139CNnot in their usual nameChinese general and warlord during the late Han (2nd century)
- Dong Yuanb. 934CNnot in their usual name10th-century Chinese artist
- Dong Qichangb. 1555CNnot in their usual nameChinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist (1555-1636)
- Dong Biwub. 1886CNnot in their usual nameformer acting President of the People's Republic of China (1886–1975)
- 董驃b. 1933CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong horse racing pundit, actor, singer, and show host (1933-2006)
- Tung Chee Hwab. 1937CNnot in their usual namepolitician and businessman from Hong Kong
- Dong Zhimingb. 1937CNnot in their usual nameChinese paleontologist (1937–2024)
- Dong Jieb. 1980CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress and dancer
- Dong Fangzhuob. 1985CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
- Shu Changb. 1987CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 41 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 690 | #15,428 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 56 | #15,428 |
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | Myanmar romanized given names (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Tun?
- A machine transcription gives /tʌn/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- What does the name Tun mean?
- Recorded meaning: subst. si vb. a tuna.
- In which country does Tun have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 406 thousand people named Tun in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tin.
- How common is the name Tun?
- In the United States, the national register counted 114,030 people named Dean in 2010, about 1 in 2.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Tun compared with other names?
- In Myanmar (Burma), Tun is the 361st most common surname of 12,945 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Tun?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tunThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tun” — the 361st most common surname in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.