Tamatu Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Tamatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Tamatu (22) may also be a first name.
Tamatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tamatu is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamatu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tamatu is the 5,391,485th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Tamatu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 38 percent of Tamatu reside; 38 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 38 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 22 people.
This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Tamatu is most frequent in: Gulf, where 80 percent live and Hela, where 20 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and India, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamatau | 92 | 161 | / |
| Tamateu | 92 | 13 | / |
| Tamathu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Tammatu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Tamattu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Tamastu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Taimatu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Taamatuy | 86 | 183 | / |
| Tammathu | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tahamatu | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tamatout | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tomatu | 83 | 14 | / |
| Tamotu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Tametu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tahamatou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Temateu | 77 | 439 | / |
| Taumotu | 77 | 28 | / |
| Tamatoe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Tamotuu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tamothu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomateu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tameteu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tametou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuimatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tommatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tamatoucht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thomatou | 71 | 123 | / |
| Toumatou | 71 | 92 | / |
| Tammethu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Teumateu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Taimoteu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Toimatou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamatoeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamoutou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Temmateu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Temetu | 67 | 72 | / |
| Tomotu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Temotu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thammethu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Teumatheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Themathau | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tamatu
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