Tamatea Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Tamatea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 181 | 1:25,018 | 4,374 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Tamatea (167) may also be a first name.
Tamatea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamatea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamatea is more frequently found in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamatea? popularity and diffusion
Tamatea is the 1,095,216th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Tamatea are found; 99 percent are found in Australasia and 99 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Tamatea is also the 708,111th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 167 people.
It is most prevalent in New Zealand, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 25,018. In New Zealand Tamatea is primarily concentrated in: Auckland Region, where 25 percent live, Gisborne Region, where 22 percent live and Taranaki Region, where 11 percent live. Beside New Zealand it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 18 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Tamatea
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