Tamatai Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Tamatai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 69 | 1:63,892 | 5,540 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| French Polynesia | 43 | 1:6,530 | 1,442 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Tamatai (23) may also be a first name.
Tamatai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamatai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tamatai (Oriya: ତାମତଇ) has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tamatai.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamatai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Tamatai live; 56 percent live in Oceania Islands and 43 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Tamatai is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 23 people.
The last name is most common in Liberia, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 63,892. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Gbarpolu County, where 55 percent live, Bong County, where 35 percent live and Montserrado County, where 7 percent live. Beside Liberia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and French Polynesia, where 27 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamatai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamatai in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାମତଇ | tamata'i | - |
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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 Tamatai
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