Tanawo Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Tanawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
Tanawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanawo is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tanawo.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanawo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tanawo is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Tanawo occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Tanawo live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 87 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 90 percent reside, Bougainville, where 5 percent reside and Gulf, where 5 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Taiwan, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taanahwo | 86 | 7 | / |
| Tanawots | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tanawoot | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tangawou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tangawoh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tanawa | 83 | 63 | / |
| Tanavo | 83 | 15 | / |
| Tanabo | 83 | 9 | / |
| Tanewo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thanawood | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tagnawa | 77 | 254 | / |
| Thanawa | 77 | 63 | / |
| Tanabou | 77 | 40 | / |
| Tanaibo | 77 | 34 | / |
| Tainawa | 77 | 14 | / |
| Tannawa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Taynawa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tounawo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taanavo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tannavo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tanaiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tanhawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomnawo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tongawo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tognawo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tanaweu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thainawa | 71 | 66 | / |
| Tangawah | 71 | 11 | / |
| Tanawath | 71 | 7 | / |
| Teannawa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tanhawas | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tanhawat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamnawas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tounawou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tainaiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanhahwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamnawaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taneva | 67 | 6,767 | / |
| Tanova | 67 | 1,353 | / |
| Tanoba | 67 | 359 | / |
| Tanaba | 67 | 135 | / |
| Tenawa | 67 | 104 | / |
| Tonavo | 67 | 88 | / |
| Tanava | 67 | 82 | / |
| Tonawa | 67 | 73 | / |
| Thanhawat | 67 | 34 | / |
| Tanewa | 67 | 33 | / |
| Thamnawat | 67 | 30 | / |
| Tenowo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Thanhawas | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tonewo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tanowa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Thamnawas | 67 | 10 | / |
| Tonabo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Thanavoot | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tanová | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tenewo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tanevo | 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 Tanawo
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