Tonies

surname · Latin script

Meaning: plural of Tony

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/təniz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Tonies is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Burkina Faso than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.4Mas Toenies(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 146K
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 338K

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 Tonies 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.

Burkina Faso (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,200 named Toenies, est.

Sources
76 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 146K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ToeniesLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Toenies in US United States, BF Burkina Faso, CM Cameroon and 1 more.

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)

plural of Tony

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tonies 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.

Where Tonies is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BF Burkina Faso#547≈6,200 est.≈1 in 3.4K—Toenies1
CM Cameroon—≈510 est.≈1 in 55K—Toenies1
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈300 est.≈1 in 338K—Tonies1
US United States—140as Toenies1 in 2.4M144Toenies76
NL Netherlands—1181 in 146K118Tonies13
BS Bahamas—≈8 est.≈1 in 40K—Toenies1

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Tonies is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Netherlands

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Tönies

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Tönies

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Tönies

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Tonies 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 Catalan, second-person singular imperfect indicative of tondre

    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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Tonies
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007118#16,585

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Tonies mean, and where does it come from?
plural of Tony Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Tonies?
A machine transcription gives /təniz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Tonies have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.2 thousand people named Toenies in Burkina Faso, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Tonies most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tonies is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 146 thousand people — even though Burkina Faso holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Tonies?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 118 people named Tonies in 2007, about 1 in 146 thousand residents.
How common is Tonies compared with other names?
In Burkina Faso, Tonies is the 547th most common surname of 4,677 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Tonies” — the 547th most common surname in Burkina Faso. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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