Tamagu Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

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

Tamagu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tamagu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Tamagu (11) may also be a first name.

Tamagu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tamagu is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamagu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Tamagu is mostly found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Tamagu live; 82 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tamagu is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Tamagu is most prevalent in: Western Highlands, where 71 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 14 percent reside and East New Britain, where 7 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tamagau9221/
Tamangu922/
Tamagus921/
Tamanggu861/
Teamangu861/
Tomagu833/
Tamaugguh807/
Tamagoult801/
Temagou7715/
Temagau7713/
Tamogou7710/
Tomagau775/
Tomagou771/
Tomagud771/
Tamongu771/
Teumagou713/
Tamougou712/
Tamonguh712/
Temegu674/
Temogou6211/
Temoghou571/
Témoghou571/
Thémoghou537/
Toumougou532/
Themeghou531/
Teimougou531/
Teimoughou5043/

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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 Tamagu
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