Tafatu Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niue
Highest density in:
Niue

Tafatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tafatu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niue101:16122
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tafatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tafatu is held by more people in Niue than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafatu? popularity and diffusion

Tafatu is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Tafatu is primarily found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Tafatu live; 53 percent live in Oceania Islands and 53 percent live in Polynesia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Niue, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 161. Excluding Niue it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 42 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafaatu921/
Tafetu831,288/
Tefatu8321/
Tuifatu777/
Tafoteu772/
Taefotu771/
Tafoutou711/
Tafotheu711/
Toufaitou671/
Tephatu621/

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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 Tafatu
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