Tunis is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tunis
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tunis

How popular is Tunis?

Tunis is common in United States.

Tunis is ranked 98705 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tunis bearers increased by 6.302521 per cent in 2010 US census to 1012 since 2000, the surname slipped by 67 spots and ranked at 24665. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.01 83.93
Black 20.85 12.29
Others 2.27 1.89
Hispanic or Latino 1.78 1.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0
Tunis is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Tunisia which signifies that it is originated from Tunisia. Around 4258 people have been found who wears Tunis as their family name. Tunis is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
918,840 India5
718 Liberia4
667 Sierra Leone3
21,929 Algeria2
40,064 Nigeria2
26,532 Chile2
131,225 Spain2
41,879 Turkey2
90,903 Moldova1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
7,847 Albania1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
42,479 Greece1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
91,024 Belgium1
56,169 Mexico1
38,830 Morocco1
11,510 Oman1
36,678 Singapore1
81,201 Switzerland1
4,942 Libya1
13,606 Senegal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,551 Qatar39
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
107,506 England27
153,005 Ukraine22
100,009 Australia15
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,321 Israel94
72,056 Italy78
48,377 Canada64
155,919 Russia64
Countries with hundreds of Tunis:
32,218 Brazil366
30,982 Indonesia335
53,810 France184
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Tunis:
1,506 Tunisia1,321
24,308 United States1,272
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Farmer Domenico Tunis from Gerace, Italy aboard the Cachemire from Naples. He is registered to be 29 years old when he arrived in USA on April 18, 1890.

Tunis Namesakes

  • Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Former Governor General of Canada
  • Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Former Governor General of Canada
  • Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Former Governor General of Canada
  • Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis, Earl Alexander of Tunis
  • Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Former Governor General of Canada
  • Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Former Governor General of Canada
  • Gianfranco Tunis, Politician
  • Husain Bey, Crown Prince of Tunisia, Muhammad V an-Nasir's son
  • Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Former Governor General of Canada
  • Margaret Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis, Countess Alexander of Tunis

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