Tameka Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Tameka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Tameka (19,341) may also be a first name.
Tameka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tameka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tameka is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tameka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tameka is the 3,730,171st most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Tameka live; 61 percent live in Oceania Islands and 61 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tameka is also the 38,795th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 19,341 people.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 76 percent reside and Gulf, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Tameka
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