Tonra is a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
in the
English language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...
. The surname is an
Anglicised
Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...
form of the
Irish ''
Ó Tomhnra''.
[ which is a transcription of: ]
People with the surname
*
Mark Tonra, American, cartoonist
* Elena Tonra, singer-songwriter of
Daughter (band)
See also
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Tona (name)
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Tonda (name)
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Tonja (name)
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Tonka (name)
References
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English-language surnames