Cognomen تونيس (Townes 
, Tönnies 
, تونيس) , throughout the world, is quite a common last name. The last name تونيس is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a rare surname, the United States, and New Zealand, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, Germany, and Canada. Very seldom, تونيس is the forename as well as the last name.