Tonts

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Variante di Antoni

Tonts is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 54K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 2.5M
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 2.9M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Estonia (inferred from the name graph)

≈23 people, est.

Sources
20 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 54K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Tõnts in EE Estonia.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Variante di Antoni

Sources 1

  • Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tonts 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 Tonts is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EE Estonia≈23 est.≈1 in 54K8Tõnts4
CA Canada≈15 est.≈1 in 2.5M—Tonts7
US United States≈9 est.≈1 in 38M—Tonts16
AU Australia≈9 est.≈1 in 2.9M—Tonts20
IT Italy≈2 est.≈1 in 35Mlisted—1

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: Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register. 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)

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

  • Estonian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Also written Tõnts, Tönts

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Tőnts

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Tõnts

13 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Ülo Tonts, b. 1931Kaie Konrad, b. 1943Anu Tonts, b. 1969
  • Ülo Tontsb. 1931EEEstonian literary scholar (1931-2016)
  • Kaie Konradb. 1943EEnot in their usual nameEstonian opera singer (1943-2010)
  • Anu Tontsb. 1969EEEstonian dramaturge and theatre critic (born 1969)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Tonts
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—8#12,496
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—7#14,106
IT ItalyDizionario dei Cognomi Italiani (De Felice, 1978)———

Reference works 1

  • 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 Tonts mean, and where does it come from?
Variante di Antoni Recorded by Dizionario dei cognomi italiani.
In which country does Tonts have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 23 people named Tonts in Estonia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tõnts.
How common is the name Tonts?
Mondonomo estimates about 23 people in Estonia have Tonts as their first surname, about 1 in 54 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Tonts”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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