Tonks
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See also: tonks
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Tonk.
Noun[edit]
Tonks
Etymology 2[edit]
From a back-formation of Tomkin, from Thomas + the patronymic suffix -s.
Proper noun[edit]
Tonks (plural Tonkses)
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tonks is the 37792nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 588 individuals. Tonks is most common among White (94.9%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tonks”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.