Tamau Surname
Approximately 465 people bear this surname
Tamau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 277 | 1:477,434 | 39,341 |
| Papua New Guinea | 175 | 1:46,593 | 5,775 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Tamau (85) may also be a first name.
Tamau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamau (Hindi: तमौ) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tamau.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 650,013th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. The last name Tamau occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Tamau live; 60 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tamau is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 85 people.
The last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 477,434. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Gorontalo, where 88 percent reside, North Sulawesi, where 11 percent reside and Central Kalimantan, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamau in the Hindi language | ||
| तमौ | tamau | 50 |
| टंअू | tamau | 50 |
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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 Tamau
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