Tabu Surname
Approximately 71,722 people bear this surname
Tabu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 39,150 | 1:1,887 | 183 |
| Uganda | 16,230 | 1:2,405 | 387 |
| Tanzania | 7,676 | 1:6,897 | 903 |
| Kenya | 4,427 | 1:10,431 | 1,322 |
| Papua New Guinea | 599 | 1:13,612 | 1,272 |
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Turkey | 411 | 1:189,347 | 14,126 |
| Indonesia | 407 | 1:324,937 | 28,485 |
| Cameroon | 347 | 1:59,853 | 7,706 |
| Philippines | 293 | 1:345,523 | 46,714 |
| India | 248 | 1:3,093,006 | 91,743 |
| Nigeria | 236 | 1:750,605 | 34,037 |
| South Africa | 208 | 1:260,470 | 26,176 |
| Zimbabwe | 179 | 1:86,247 | 12,510 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Solomon Islands | 133 | 1:4,361 | 540 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Marshall Islands | 64 | 1:810 | 191 |
| Israel | 60 | 1:142,627 | 15,171 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| Russia | 43 | 1:3,351,699 | 174,427 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Tabu (74,678) may also be a first name.
Tabu Demographics
Tabu Political Affiliation
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Tabu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tabu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tabu (Bengali: টবু, Hindi: ताबू, Marathi: तबु, Oriya: ତବୁ, Russian: Табу, Tibetan: སྟ་བུ།) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tabu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,917th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 101,608 people. Tabu is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tabu reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 55 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 13,119th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 74,678 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 39,150 people, or 1 in 1,887. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 66 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 23 percent live and Tanzania, where 11 percent live.
Tabu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (98%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Tabu last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Tabu earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 26.92% less than the national average, earning R 173,676 per year; in United States they earn 13.28% less than the national average, earning $37,420 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.81% less than the national average, earning $38,350 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tabu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tabu in the Oriya language | ||
| ତବୁ | tabu | 62.5 |
| ଟାବୁ | tabu | 12.5 |
| ତାବୁ | tabu | 12.5 |
| ଟବୁ | tabu | 5 |
| ଟାବୁାଇଁ | tabua'im | 2.5 |
| ତାବୁିନ | tabuina | 2.5 |
| ତନୁ | tanu | 2.5 |
| Tabu in the Hindi language | ||
| ताबू | tabu | 42.31 |
| ताबु | tabu | 20.51 |
| टबू | tabu | 10.26 |
| टाबू | tabu | 7.69 |
| तबू | tabu | 7.69 |
| टबु | tabu | 6.41 |
| तबु | tabu | 5.13 |
| Tabu in the Bengali language | ||
| টবু | tabu | 37.5 |
| তাবু | tabu | 37.5 |
| তবু | tabu | 25 |
| Tabu in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྟ་བུ། | tabu | 33.33 |
| ལྟ་བུ། | tabu | 33.33 |
| རྟ་བུ། | tabu | 33.33 |
| Tabu in the Marathi language | ||
| तबु | tabu | 31.91 |
| ताबु | tabu | 25.53 |
| तबू | tabu | 12.77 |
| ताबू | tabu | 10.64 |
| टाबु | tabu | 8.51 |
| टाबू | tabu | 6.38 |
| तंबू | tambu | 2.13 |
| टबु | tabu | 2.13 |
| Tabu in the Russian language | ||
| Табу | tabu | - |
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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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- 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 Tabu
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