Sumatau Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sumatau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumatau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137

Sumatau Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sumatau Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sumatau is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumatau? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sumatau is the 4,427,875th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Sumatau reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Sumatau is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea Sumatau is mostly found in: Northern, where 55 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 27 percent reside and Madang, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 45 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Sumatau
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