Tamoa Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Tamoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
Tamoa (440) may also be a first name.
Tamoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tamoa is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamoa? popularity and diffusion
Tamoa is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Tamoa is mostly found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Tamoa are found; 93 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 83 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 408,694th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 440 people.
This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 41 percent are found and National Capital District, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Tamoa
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