Tafau Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Tafau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa | 162 | 1:1,196 | 373 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 1:161,726 | 18,041 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tafau Demographics
Average Tafau Salary in
United States
$31,854 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tafau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tafau is found in Samoa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tafau is the 1,168,344th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname Tafau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Tafau reside; 81 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 79 percent reside in Polynesia.
It is most commonly occurring in Samoa, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 1,196. Barring Samoa this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Tafau Last Name Statistics demography
Tafau earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.18% less than the national average, earning $31,854 USD per year.
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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 Tafau
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