Tondeur
surname · Latin script
Meaning: OF tondeur (L tonditor, from tondere to shear; cf
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tɔ̃dœʁ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tondeur is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- BEBelgium
- NLNetherlands
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
OF tondeur (L tonditor, from tondere to shear; cf. Tijer¬ Toner 1. English: topographic name for someone who lived in a village, as opposed to an outlying farm or hamlet,
Sources 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
Tondeur is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, mower, shearer
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)
- Alexander Tondeurb. 1829DEGerman sculptor (1829–1905)
- Jean-Baptiste Tondeurb. 1924FRFrench politician
- Philippe Tondeurb. 1932CHSwiss mathematician
- Daniel Tondeurb. 1939FRFrench chemist
- Josette Larue-Tondeurb. 1952FRFrench academic and linguist
- Jean-Marie Tondeurb. 1952FRFrench politician
- Guy Tondeurb. 1958BEBelgian athletics competitor
- Anaïs Tondeurb. 1985artist (born 1985)
- Alexandra Tondeurb. 1987BEBelgian triathlete
- Valentin TondeurFRcyclist
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 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 663 | #2,200 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 603 | #2,465 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 173 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 168 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 168 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 148 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 145 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 137 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 133 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 125 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 101 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 84 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- Where does the name Tondeur come from?
- OF tondeur (L tonditor, from tondere to shear; cf. Tijer¬ Toner 1. English: topographic name for someone who lived in a village, as opposed to an outlying farm or hamlet, Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Tondeur?
- A machine transcription gives /tɔ̃dœʁ/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Tondeur mean?
- Recorded meaning: OF tondeur (L tonditor, from tondere to shear; cf.
- In which country does Tondeur have the most bearers?
- Tondeur is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tondeur”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.