Tongue

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Tongue (countable and uncountable, plural Tongues)

1. A village by the Kyle of Tongue in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC5956).
2. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tongue is the 38902^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 567 individuals. Tongue is most common among White (66.49%) and Black/African American (30.34%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tongue”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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