Puketapu Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Puketapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Puketapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puketapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puketapu has its highest incidence in New Zealand. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Puketapu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Puketapu is the 2,909,720th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Puketapu reside; 96 percent reside in Australasia and 96 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name Puketapu is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 110,447. In New Zealand Puketapu is most prevalent in: Auckland Region, where 49 percent are found, Wellington Region, where 46 percent are found and Hawke's Bay Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding New Zealand Puketapu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Puketapu
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